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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
splice
/splaɪs/
noun1 of 2
act of connecting two pieces of rope or wire into one
verb2 of 2
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.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)