splicing [
splaɪs]
splicing[ noun ]
a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
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the break was due to an imperfect splice
Splice \Splice\ (spl[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced}
(spl[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen,
splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and
E. split; -- from the dividing or splitting the ends into
separate strands. See {Split}, v. t.]
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. [Slang]
{Splice grafting}.ee under {Grafting}.
{To splice the main brace} (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an
extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure
to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a
dram.
- Two companies are testing recombinant factor VIII, made through gene splicing techniques, that should provide the treatment without possible contamination from microbes or impurities.
- Genentech, South San Francisco, is a biotechnology company developing a number of human pharmaceutical products based on gene splicing.
- The clotting protein made by gene splicing also should end fears hemophiliacs might catch blood-borne diseases such as AIDS.
- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it is too early to blame the deaths of 27 Americans who took L-tryptophan directly on gene splicing.
- RNA editing differs in an important way from RNA splicing and other forms of RNA processing that were known previously, Stuart said.
- It found that 6,000-foot reels are optimum-less splicing, more compatible with modern projection methods and cheaper, after switch-over expenses.
- This led to the discovery of splicing - the assembly of information from the segments.
- Each nonsense stretch of RNA was actually cutting itself out and splicing the two remaining ends together to form a complete, uninterrupted sentence for the making of a protein.
- The synthetic vaccine was produced by splicing a protein from the outer surface of the AIDS virus onto the vaccinia virus, a staple vaccine long used to immunize people against smallpox.