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SPLICE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together

Synonyms:

lap joint; splice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("splice" is a kind of...):

joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)

Derivation:

splice (join by interweaving strands)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together

Example:

the break was due to an imperfect splice

Synonyms:

splice; splicing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("splice" is a kind of...):

conjunction; junction (something that joins or connects)

Derivation:

splice (join the ends of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Join by interweaving strands

Example:

Splice the wires

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splice" is one way to...):

enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin, wind, or twist together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splice"):

piece (join during spinning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

splice (joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together)

splicer (a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Join together so as to form new genetic combinations

Example:

splice genes

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splice" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Verb group:

splice (join the ends of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Join the ends of

Example:

splice film

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splice" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Verb group:

splice (join together so as to form new genetic combinations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

splice (a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together)

splicer (a mechanical device for joining two pieces of paper or film or magnetic tape)

splicer (a woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice)

splicing (a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Perform a marriage ceremony

Example:

The couple got spliced on Hawaii

Synonyms:

marry; splice; tie; wed

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "splice" is one way to...):

officiate (act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding)

Verb group:

conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splice"):

solemnise; solemnize (perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

This protein plays a role in the mediation of mRNA splicing and transcriptional regulation.

(Nuclease-Sensitive Element-Binding Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Alternative splicing of this gene produces two protein isoforms.

(Oncogene ABL1, NCI Thesaurus)

Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.

(Phosducin, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Three isoforms exist from alternative splicing.

(Placental Growth Factor, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

This agent appears to bind to the 130-kDa subunit 3 (spliceosome-associated protein 130; SAP130) of the splicing factor 3b (SF3b), resulting in inhibition of pre-messenger RNA splicing and the arrest of cell-cycle progression.

(Pladienolide Derivative E7107, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes poly(rC)-binding protein 1, is involved in the regulation of mRNA splicing.

(PCBP1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both transcriptional regulation and mRNA splicing.

(PC4 and SFRS1-Interacting Protein Isoform 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Alternative splicing of the AP2 gene produces four mRNA transcripts, resulting in four protein isoforms.

(Oncogene AP2, NCI Thesaurus)

The ERBA1 gene at 17q11.2 encodes ERBA alpha-1, ERBA alpha-2, and ERBA alpha-3, each produced by alternative splicing.

(Oncogene ERB A, NCI Thesaurus)

Several LMYC mRNAs are produced in SCCL cells by alternative splicing and alternative polyadenylation.

(Oncogene LMYC, NCI Thesaurus)