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Phonetics
/splaɪs/
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.
Example: 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.