Splice
/splaɪs/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:13 pts6 letters
Definition of Splice
noun
- A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
- The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
- That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
- Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
- The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
verb
- To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
- To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
- To unite in marriage.
- To unite as if splicing.
"He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition."
- To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
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