splice
Merge two ends
To splice is to join two ends together—typically ropes, cables, or film—by interweaving or overlapping their strands or segments.
Sailors splice lines; editors splice footage.
In genetics, gene splicing recombines DNA sequences.
The noun is the joint itself: The splice held under tension.
To get spliced is British slang for getting married.
Hereditary code molecule
- geneHereditary information unit
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- locusParticular position or place
nucleotide · genome · ligase · vector · plasmid · cloning · insert · excision
Join or link
- fuseProtective melting wire
- linkPoint of connection
- bondBinding tie or connection
- weldHeat-fused metal joint
seam · graft · unite · merge · attach · interweave · entwine · meld
Tied rope fastening
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- cordageRopes and twines collectively
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- marlinspikePointed tool for splicing
whipping · strand · fiber · braid · seize · tuck · fid · halyard
Severance or reduction
- editModify written material
- footageRecorded video material
- frameSupporting outer structure
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
reel · celluloid · negative · transition · montage · postproduction · continuity · jump cut
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- geneHereditary information unit
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
locus · nucleotide · genome · ligase · vector · plasmid · cloning · insert · excision · transgene
connect
Join or link
weld · seam · graft · unite · merge · attach · interweave · entwine · meld · junction
knot
Tied rope fastening
marlinspike · whipping · strand · fiber · braid · seize · tuck · fid · halyard · hawser
cut
Severance or reduction
sequence · reel · celluloid · negative · transition · montage · postproduction · continuity · jump cut · outtake
- gene splicingCombining DNA from organisms
- comma spliceMisjoined clauses with punctuation
- DNA splicingCutting and rejoining genes
- alternative splicingVariable exon inclusion during transcription
- tape splicingJoining recorded strips together