Splice
verb
Join or tie together to form one.
They had to splice the two ends of the rope together.
Often appears as...
- splice together
- splice into
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Technical
verb
Connect (two pieces of film, tape, or similar material) by overlapping and joining their ends.
She spliced the old audio tape with the new one.
Often appears as...
- splice together
- splice into
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Technical
verb
In biology, combine (nucleotide sequences) to form a new sequence.
In the lab, they spliced two genes to create a new one.
Often appears as...
- splice together
- splice into
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Technical
verb
In marine terminology, to splice the mainbrace is to issue and consume an extra ration of rum or grog.
After a hard day's work, the sailors were ready to splice the mainbrace.
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Colloquial
verb
Join or tie together to form one.
They had to splice the two ends of the rope together.
Often appears as...
- splice together
- splice into
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Connect (two pieces of film, tape, or similar material) by overlapping and joining their ends.
She spliced the old audio tape with the new one.
Often appears as...
- splice together
- splice into
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In biology, combine (nucleotide sequences) to form a new sequence.
In the lab, they spliced two genes to create a new one.
Often appears as...
- splice together
- splice into
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In marine terminology, to splice the mainbrace is to issue and consume an extra ration of rum or grog.
After a hard day's work, the sailors were ready to splice the mainbrace.
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Joining
Focus on the physical aspect of merging objects.
Use a splice to secure the two cables.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Bond
Emphasize the strength and permanence of the connection.
A well-done splice can be as strong as the original material.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Joining
Focus on the physical aspect of merging objects.
Use a splice to secure the two cables.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Bond
Emphasize the strength and permanence of the connection.
A well-done splice can be as strong as the original material.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Joining
Focus on the physical aspect of merging objects.
Use a splice to secure the two cables.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Bond
Emphasize the strength and permanence of the connection.
A well-done splice can be as strong as the original material.
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Can we regenerate heart...
and we used a technique called genome editing to splice this gene into the stem cells. And this makes our heart muscle cells flash green every time they beat. OK, so now we were finally ready to begin animal experiments. We took our cardiac muscle cells and we transplanted them into the hearts of rats that had been given experimental heart attacks.
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What will humans look...
but you're altering the functions in a fundamental way. To become an intrasolar civilization, we're going to have to create a Life Three civilization, and that looks very different from what we've got here. Maybe you splice in Deinococcus radiodurans so that the cells can resplice after a lot of exposure to radiation.
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Creating living...
but we rarely create behaviors that are in tune with the plants and animal species within those environments it is possible though for us to begin building much more responsive landscapes this prototype of a spillway basically splices the levee it takes the sediment-laden waters pouring down the
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"Discovering" the Black...
second of worldwide exclusive rights for video I would have shot probably three hours in this penguin and retired but I only got 13 seconds and so when they showed this on CBS News and on all these morning shows they actually took this and they kind of spliced it four times in a row so it
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Is DNA the future of...
They spliced a 22-character message into a long strand of DNA and surrounded it with specific genetic markers. They then hid the DNA over a period in a type-written letter with only a small smudge to give the location away. They mailed the letter back to themselves.
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When technology...
portraits painted with genetically glowing bacteria can you see in the petri dish it's it's a face to support hrus and it's a it's drawn by bacteria that are glowing but they're also spliced with genes that have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease okay
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The ballet that incited...
including innovative uses of syncopation, or irregular rhythm; atonality or the lack of a single key, and the presence of multiple time signatures. Alongside these strikingly modern features, Stravinsky spliced in aspects of Russian folk music–
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"MacGyver"-like Prison...
plan I was finally making headway but this gave me a new problem my tool was too short to dig deeper I have to find a way to splice the slats together into a longer tool
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World's Cutest Baby...
challenge yet Manji means splice of the stars and he's a star this is starring my life he's the
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Baby Rhino Training for...
challenge yet Manji means splice of the stars and he's a star this is starring my life he's the
Video examples
Can we regenerate heart...
and we used a technique called genome editing to splice this gene into the stem cells. And this makes our heart muscle cells flash green every time they beat. OK, so now we were finally ready to begin animal experiments. We took our cardiac muscle cells and we transplanted them into the hearts of rats that had been given experimental heart attacks.
Video examples
What will humans look...
but you're altering the functions in a fundamental way. To become an intrasolar civilization, we're going to have to create a Life Three civilization, and that looks very different from what we've got here. Maybe you splice in Deinococcus radiodurans so that the cells can resplice after a lot of exposure to radiation.
Video examples
Creating living...
but we rarely create behaviors that are in tune with the plants and animal species within those environments it is possible though for us to begin building much more responsive landscapes this prototype of a spillway basically splices the levee it takes the sediment-laden waters pouring down the
Video examples
"Discovering" the Black...
second of worldwide exclusive rights for video I would have shot probably three hours in this penguin and retired but I only got 13 seconds and so when they showed this on CBS News and on all these morning shows they actually took this and they kind of spliced it four times in a row so it
Video examples
Is DNA the future of...
They spliced a 22-character message into a long strand of DNA and surrounded it with specific genetic markers. They then hid the DNA over a period in a type-written letter with only a small smudge to give the location away. They mailed the letter back to themselves.
Video examples
When technology...
portraits painted with genetically glowing bacteria can you see in the petri dish it's it's a face to support hrus and it's a it's drawn by bacteria that are glowing but they're also spliced with genes that have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease okay
Video examples
The ballet that incited...
including innovative uses of syncopation, or irregular rhythm; atonality or the lack of a single key, and the presence of multiple time signatures. Alongside these strikingly modern features, Stravinsky spliced in aspects of Russian folk music–
Video examples
"MacGyver"-like Prison...
plan I was finally making headway but this gave me a new problem my tool was too short to dig deeper I have to find a way to splice the slats together into a longer tool
Video examples
World's Cutest Baby...
challenge yet Manji means splice of the stars and he's a star this is starring my life he's the
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Baby Rhino Training for...
challenge yet Manji means splice of the stars and he's a star this is starring my life he's the
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Thelma Schoonmaker
Algerian Editor
In the very beginning, women were editors because they were the people in the lab rolling the film before there was editing. Then when people like D. W. Griffith began editing, they needed the women from the lab to come and splice the film together. Cecil B. DeMille's editor was a woman. Then, when it became a more lucrative job, men moved into it.
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Simon Toyne
British Writer
I figured if I write a modern thriller but spliced in the DNA of a classic western - the drifter who comes into town with secrets - I could do something interesting with both genres. Westerns are also an incarnation of the classic knight errant tale, the lone warrior with a moral code, and I love those types of stories.
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James D. Watson
American Scientist
Here at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, we have genetically rearranged various viruses and bacteria as part of our medical research. In fact, we have been able to create entirely new types of DNA molecules by splicing together the genetic information from different organisms - recombinant DNA.
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Christina Applegate
American Actress
I started doing radio commercials for Kmart when I was 4. They had to splice all my consonants together because I couldn't talk very well. But these jobs helped my mother and me put food on the table. It took the two of us working.
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
Moviemaking is a time machine: narrative spliced into fragments and reassembled into a constant present, the end of a story shot before the beginning, which is shot after the middle.
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Jason Moran
American Musician
In school, I did a lot of computer work. I'd take splices from Kurt Weill songs and loop them in bars, in beats of seven, trying all different kinds of things.
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Peter Jackson
New Zealander Director
When I was about 14, I got a splicing kit, which means you could chop up the film into little pieces and switch the order around and glue it together.
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Sylvester Stallone
American Actor
For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.
Quote examples
Thelma Schoonmaker
Algerian Editor
In the very beginning, women were editors because they were the people in the lab rolling the film before there was editing. Then when people like D. W. Griffith began editing, they needed the women from the lab to come and splice the film together. Cecil B. DeMille's editor was a woman. Then, when it became a more lucrative job, men moved into it.
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Simon Toyne
British Writer
I figured if I write a modern thriller but spliced in the DNA of a classic western - the drifter who comes into town with secrets - I could do something interesting with both genres. Westerns are also an incarnation of the classic knight errant tale, the lone warrior with a moral code, and I love those types of stories.
Quote examples
James D. Watson
American Scientist
Here at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, we have genetically rearranged various viruses and bacteria as part of our medical research. In fact, we have been able to create entirely new types of DNA molecules by splicing together the genetic information from different organisms - recombinant DNA.
Quote examples
Christina Applegate
American Actress
I started doing radio commercials for Kmart when I was 4. They had to splice all my consonants together because I couldn't talk very well. But these jobs helped my mother and me put food on the table. It took the two of us working.
Quote examples
Steve Erickson
American Novelist
Moviemaking is a time machine: narrative spliced into fragments and reassembled into a constant present, the end of a story shot before the beginning, which is shot after the middle.
Quote examples
Jason Moran
American Musician
In school, I did a lot of computer work. I'd take splices from Kurt Weill songs and loop them in bars, in beats of seven, trying all different kinds of things.
Quote examples
Peter Jackson
New Zealander Director
When I was about 14, I got a splicing kit, which means you could chop up the film into little pieces and switch the order around and glue it together.
Quote examples
Sylvester Stallone
American Actor
For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.
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