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Raresplicing
The correct spelling is splicing.
How to pronounce splicing
verb
Say it like: Spl-isi-ng
The correct spelling is splicing. 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. For example: "He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition."
Usage Examples
“He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.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.
- 2.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.
- 3.To unite in marriage.
- 4.To unite as if splicing.
- 5.To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
noun
- 1.The act by which things are spliced.
- 2.The point at which two things are spliced.
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