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Splice

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
splaɪs

Definitions

  1. A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
  2. The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
  3. That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
  4. Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
  5. The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.

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Examples

“If the ball hits the splice, it is likely to dolly up for an easy catch⟳.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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