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interlace en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪn.tɚ.leɪs/ (US)
• /ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/ (UK)
• /ˌɪn.tɚˈleɪs/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
   • Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns
2. (countable, uncountable) A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.

Forms

Translations (6)

de Zeilensprung (technique of improving the picture quality) · fi lomitus (technique of improving the picture quality) · gl entrelazado (decorative element found in medieval art) · cs prokládání (technique of improving the picture quality) · bg презредова развивка (technique of improving the picture quality) · de Flechtband (decorative element found in medieval art)

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interlace en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪn.tɚ.leɪs/ (US)
• /ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/ (UK)
• /ˌɪn.tɚˈleɪs/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cross one with another.
   • The opportunity was also taken to remove one of the few examples of gauntleted tracks in this country, interlacing the down fast and slow lines over the bridge. 1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Selby swing bridge”, in Trains Illustrated, page 647:
   • to interlace wires
2. To mingle; to blend.
3. (intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.
   • interlacing branches

Forms

Deriveds

interlacing · reinterlace · interlacer · deinterlace · disinterlace · interlaced · interlacement

Synonyms

ruddle · interweave · interthread · intertwine · raddle · twist · braid · interthread · entwine · intertwist · lace · interlace · intertwine · entwist · twine · lock · betwine · interweave

Translations (20)

fr entrelacer (to cross one with another) · mi rauiri (to cross one with another) · fi punoutua yhteen (to cross one another as if woven together) · es entrelazar (to cross one another as if woven together) · bg преплитам (to cross one with another) · de ineinandergreifen (to cross one another as if woven together) · de sich verschlingen (to cross one another as if woven together) · fi limittyä (to cross one another as if woven together) · es entrelazar (to cross one with another) · pt entrelaçar (to cross one with another) · ca entrellaçar (to cross one with another) · bg преплитам се (to cross one another as if woven together) · fi punoa yhteen (to cross one with another) · fr s'entrelacer (to cross one another as if woven together) · de durchflechten (to cross one another as if woven together) · pt entrançar (to cross one with another) · de verschränken (to cross one with another) · mi rauwiri (to cross one with another) · de verflechten (to cross one with another) · fi limittää (to cross one with another)

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