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splices

splices is the plural of splice.

splices is the third-person singular simple present indicative of splice.

Meaning of splice

Noun

splice (plural splices)

  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.
    • If the ball hits the splice, it is likely to dolly up for an easy catch.
  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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Phrases with splices

Questions about splices

What is splices the plural of?
Splices is the plural of splice.

Words near splices in the dictionary

  1. spliceosomes
  2. spliceostatin
  3. spliceostatins
  4. splicer
  5. splicers
  6. splices
  7. splices the mainbrace
  8. splicesomal
  9. splicesome
  10. splicesomes
  11. splicing

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