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UK
/splˈaɪs/
]
[ US /ˈspɫaɪs/ ]
[ US /ˈspɫaɪs/ ]
VERB
-
join the ends of
splice film -
perform a marriage ceremony
The minister married us on Saturday
We were wed the following week
The couple got spliced on Hawaii -
join by interweaving strands
Splice the wires -
join together so as to form new genetic combinations
splice genes
NOUN
- joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
-
a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
the break was due to an imperfect splice
How To Use splice In A Sentence
- Thomas was showing her how to mend sails and splice rigging.
- The tailorbird splices the short fibres together to make longer pieces.
- For the early film-makers, such as Georges Melies and the Lumiere brothers, editing and being able to splice film was part of how to put scenes together.
- The mistake was Team McCain not insisting upon its own team of watchers / video to resplice all that hit the cutting room floor at CBS. Ace of Spades HQ
- Since it was official multicultural policy that different cultures should be preserved rather than blended, spliced and interwoven, this all seemed rational.
- Direct sequencing of this fragment showed that it was colinear with the genomic sequence of PMCHL1, indicating that it corresponded to unspliced transcripts of that gene (not shown).
- Quamdiu autem tales loquuntur sibi, aut literas ostendunt, circumstant Apparitores extensis brachijs leuatos tenentes mucrones, gladios, gezas, et mackas ad feriendum, et occidendum, si quid dictum vel nunciatum fuerit, quod Imperatori displiceat, quam citò ille signauerit trucidari. The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
- The ad splicer, King said, sells for about $25,000 and supports an entire digital multiplex.
- I had a super8 camera with turreted lenses, old audio equipment, and a splicer. What I really want to do is direct… « Awful Library Books
- Throughout the nine variations of ‘Guero’ here, his pieces are cut-up, sampled and spliced into downtempo minimalist techno.