2syllables
splicing
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Definitions ofsplicing
1verb
- 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.
1noun
- The act by which things are spliced.
- The point at which two things are spliced.
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