Circa 1525, borrowed from Middle Dutch splissen (Modern Dutch splitsen); akin to Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”), German spleißen (“to split, splice”), Spliss (“split ends, hair breakage”), French épisser (also from Dutch). The Dutch word originally referred only to the fraying of the ropes' ends but was then also used for the entire process of fraying and retying; hence the peculiar semantic development from “split” to “join”. The same development occurred in German.
Meanings
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.
If the ball hits the splice, it is likely to dolly up for an easy catch.
Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
bg сплитане (junction or joining of ropes) · tr ek yeri (junction or joining of ropes) · sv förbindning (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · sv fog (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · mi rangitāmiro (junction or joining of ropes) · gl amecedura (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · cs spoj (junction or joining of ropes) · no spleis (junction or joining of ropes) · pl złącze (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · sv kontakt (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · fr épissure (junction or joining of ropes) · de Verbindung (junction or joining of ropes) · nrf êpisseuse (junction or joining of ropes) · ru сплесень (junction or joining of ropes) · gl enlace (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · it impiombatura (junction or joining of ropes) · gl empalme (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · ba ялғау (junction or joining of ropes) · de Spleiß (junction or joining of ropes) · ca enllaç (junction or joining of ropes) · es empalme (junction or joining of ropes) · ru сращивание (junction or joining of ropes) · cs spoj (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · bg свързване (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · sv splits (junction or joining of ropes) · fi pujos (junction or joining of ropes) · bg снадка (junction or joining of ropes) · ba ялғау (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · it impalmatura (junction or joining of ropes) · ru свя́зывание (junction or joining of ropes) · cs propojení (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · fi pleissi (junction or joining of ropes) · ota دیكیش (junction or joining of ropes) · cs spojení (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · es empalme (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · gl enlace (junction or joining of ropes) · ca enllaç (electrical and mechanical connection between wires) · pl splot (junction or joining of ropes) · mk пре́плет (junction or joining of ropes)
splice en · VERB
Pronunciation
/ˈsplaːs/ Inland Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
Circa 1525, borrowed from Middle Dutch splissen (Modern Dutch splitsen); akin to Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”), German spleißen (“to split, splice”), Spliss (“split ends, hair breakage”), French épisser (also from Dutch). The Dutch word originally referred only to the fraying of the ropes' ends but was then also used for the entire process of fraying and retying; hence the peculiar semantic development from “split” to “join”. The same development occurred in German.
Meanings
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.
(slang) To unite in marriage.
But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes--it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
Ah! thinkin’ o’ gettin’ spliced, you two? 1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:
(figuratively) 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.
To add, remove and/or replace several array/data elements in one operation.
fi pleissata (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · bg съединявам със застъпване (to unite by lapping two ends together) · gl enlazar (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · sv förena (to unite as if splicing) · mi uhono (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · pt misturar (to unite as if splicing) · sv splitsa (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · cs spojovat (to unite by lapping two ends together) · bg снаждам (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · sv sammanfoga (to unite by lapping two ends together) · cs propojit (to unite as if splicing) · ca empalmar (to unite by lapping two ends together) · sv sammanfoga (to unite as if splicing) · pl spleść (to unite by lapping two ends together) · es empalmar (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · pl splatać (to unite by lapping two ends together) · mi uhono (to unite by lapping two ends together) · mk преплетува (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · fi pujoa (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · de spleißen (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · pl połączyć (to unite as if splicing) · ca empalmar (genetics) · ba ялғау (to unite by lapping two ends together) · es empalmar (genetics) · fi liittää (to unite as if splicing) · gl empatar (to unite by lapping two ends together) · fi liittää (to unite by lapping two ends together) · es ayustar (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · ba ялғау (to unite as if splicing) · sv foga (to unite by lapping two ends together) · cs spojit (to unite by lapping two ends together) · ba ялғау (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · cs propojovat (to unite as if splicing) · gl amecer (to unite by lapping two ends together) · fr épisser (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · gl enlazar (to unite by lapping two ends together) · pl spleść (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · cmn 剪接 (to unite by lapping two ends together) · sv förbinda (to unite as if splicing) · bg сплитам (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · pl łączyć (to unite as if splicing) · pt emendar (to unite by lapping two ends together) · mk препле́тува (to unite as if splicing) · cs splétat (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · gl empatar (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · cmn 拼接 (to unite by lapping two ends together) · ca entollar (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · gl amecer (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · fr épisser (genetics) · es empalmar (to unite by lapping two ends together) · no spleise (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · cs splést (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · ca empalmar (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · mi rangitāmiro (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · es ayustar (to unite by lapping two ends together) · pl splatać (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · it impalmare (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands) · fi silmukoida (genetics)