splice

En español: empalmar, ayustar

1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
3. To unite in marriage. (slang)
4. To unite as if splicing. (figuratively) · He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.
5. To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
6. To add, remove and/or replace several array/data elements in one operation.

He/she/it splices · Pasado spliced · Participio pasado spliced · Forma en -ing splicing