splice
pronunciation
How to pronounce splice in British English:
UK [splaɪs]
How to pronounce splice in American English:
US [splaɪs]
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- Noun:
- a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
- joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
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- Verb:
- join the ends of
- perform a marriage ceremony
- join together so as to form new genetic combinations
- join by interweaving strands
Word Origin
- splice (v.)
- 1520s, originally a sailors' word, from Middle Dutch splissen "to splice" (Dutch splitsen), from Proto-Germanic *spli-, from PIE root *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint). The Dutch word was borrowed in French as épisser. Used of motion picture film from 1912; of DNA from 1975. Related: Spliced; splicing; splicer.
- splice (n.)
- 1620s (implied in splicing), first recorded in writing of Capt. John Smith, from splice (v.). Motion picture film sense is from 1923. In colloquial use, "marriage union, wedding" (1830).
Example
- 1. Scientists have discovered how to splice pieces of dna .
- 2. He can splice together the broken ends of ropes quickly .
- 3. An important step in the prediction of the gene structure is to recognize the splice sites accurately .
- 4. Samuel beckett was the poet laureate of the comma splice .
- 5. Then , those with video editing skills can use the built-in youtube editor to splice 30 and 60 second advertisements of the movement .