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spliced; splicing
1
a
: to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
b
: to unite (two lengths of magnetic tape, photographic film, etc.) by overlapping and securing together two ends
2
: to unite, link, or insert as if by splicing
3
: to combine or insert (something) by genetic engineering
spliced a human gene for insulin into a bacterium
splicer
noun
Examples of splice in a Sentence
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024
In short clips spliced throughout the roughly five minute video, McEntire can be seen doing what can only be described as an awkward combination of a jig and the robot with some jazz hands thrown in.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2024
Instead, the outlet quickly spliced Trump’s comments into a handful of clips and posted them online, amplifying his comments further.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
The landscape and its issues felt similar: the effects of forest fires, the melting permafrost revealing itself in cracks that splice through forlorn buildings, and giant plugs of tundra that collapse like soufflés.
—Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024
It’s presented as an option, not spliced in there suddenly as the default.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
TikTok users have popularized uploading full movies to the short-form video platform by splicing them up several minutes at a time.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
Murch shared the evolution of the montage and splice through cinema.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Mar. 2024
Moving Photos from the First Year of the Ukraine War, as Russia Continues Its Attacks
At a virtual address at the U.S. Capitol shortly after the invasion began, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed a video that spliced together images of pre-war Ukraine with footage of the country after.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The expert editing that splices between an activist's backstory and their actions in real time only ratchets up the tension for each character.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2023
Over decades of testing, there are now hundreds of splices in those critical loops.
—Tara Copp, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
According to a report on the crash published by the Federal Aviation Administration, cutting the splice plate and using one row of rivets instead of two weakened the bulkhead in that one section by 30 percent.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
Juice delivers each line with spitfire accuracy, and the accompanying video splices black-and-white footage with clips of Juice performing on stage to packed venues.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2023
As the film progresses from this opening sequence, Smith splices in scenes of Black subjects in motion — dancing ballet, laying down in the grass and dribbling a basketball, among other things — in between the interviews with her four central subjects and a handful of male allies.
—Elaina Patton, NBC News, 28 July 2023
By comparing what was found on the ground with the repair records, the team in Japan identified the problem: A splice plate had been cut in two when it was being installed, and only one row of rivets was taking most the stress over the length of the repair.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
The first half of the visual splices clips of Jean laughing and rollicking with his loved ones, while the second half is a mini-documentary in which Garlington, Jean’s other friends, and his family talk about their memories of Jean’s talent, personality, and smile.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
Verb
Across these strange and sometimes angular tracks, McMahon splices in sound bytes culled from YouTube, a Richard Pryor set, snippets of a J Dilla interview, and other sonic curios.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024
In short clips spliced throughout the roughly five minute video, McEntire can be seen doing what can only be described as an awkward combination of a jig and the robot with some jazz hands thrown in.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2024
Instead, the outlet quickly spliced Trump’s comments into a handful of clips and posted them online, amplifying his comments further.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
The landscape and its issues felt similar: the effects of forest fires, the melting permafrost revealing itself in cracks that splice through forlorn buildings, and giant plugs of tundra that collapse like soufflés.
—Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024
It’s presented as an option, not spliced in there suddenly as the default.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
TikTok users have popularized uploading full movies to the short-form video platform by splicing them up several minutes at a time.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
Murch shared the evolution of the montage and splice through cinema.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Mar. 2024
Moving Photos from the First Year of the Ukraine War, as Russia Continues Its Attacks
At a virtual address at the U.S. Capitol shortly after the invasion began, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed a video that spliced together images of pre-war Ukraine with footage of the country after.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
Noun
Before Gould, such splices, inserts, dubbings and other tools of the recording engineers were generally seen as remedies for brief mistakes, sometimes of a single note.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The expert editing that splices between an activist's backstory and their actions in real time only ratchets up the tension for each character.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2023
Over decades of testing, there are now hundreds of splices in those critical loops.
—Tara Copp, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
According to a report on the crash published by the Federal Aviation Administration, cutting the splice plate and using one row of rivets instead of two weakened the bulkhead in that one section by 30 percent.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
Juice delivers each line with spitfire accuracy, and the accompanying video splices black-and-white footage with clips of Juice performing on stage to packed venues.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2023
As the film progresses from this opening sequence, Smith splices in scenes of Black subjects in motion — dancing ballet, laying down in the grass and dribbling a basketball, among other things — in between the interviews with her four central subjects and a handful of male allies.
—Elaina Patton, NBC News, 28 July 2023
By comparing what was found on the ground with the repair records, the team in Japan identified the problem: A splice plate had been cut in two when it was being installed, and only one row of rivets was taking most the stress over the length of the repair.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
The first half of the visual splices clips of Jean laughing and rollicking with his loved ones, while the second half is a mini-documentary in which Garlington, Jean’s other friends, and his family talk about their memories of Jean’s talent, personality, and smile.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
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splice
1 of 2 verb
spliced; splicing
1
: to unite (as two ropes) by weaving the strands together
2
: to unite (as pieces of film) by connecting the ends together
3
: to unite, link, or insert as if by splicing
splicer
noun
splice
2 of 2 noun
: a joining or joint made by splicing
Medical Definition
splice
transitive verb
spliced; splicing
: to join together or insert (as segments of RNA or DNA) to form new genetic combinations
spliced a human gene for insulin into a bacterium
see gene-splicing
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