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interlace
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English
Etymology
From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).
Pronunciation
Noun
interlace (countable and uncountable, plural interlaces)
- (visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
- Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns
- (electronics) A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.
Translations
decorative element found in medieval art
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technique of improving the picture quality
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Verb
interlace (third-person singular simple present interlaces, present participle interlacing, simple past and past participle interlaced)
- (transitive) To cross one with another.
- Synonyms: interthread, intertwine, interweave
- to interlace wires
- 1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Selby swing bridge”, in Trains Illustrated, page 647:
- The opportunity was also taken to remove one of the few examples of gauntleted tracks in this country, interlacing the down fast and slow lines over the bridge.
- To mingle; to blend.
- (intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.
- interlacing branches
Derived terms
Translations
to cross one with another
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to cross one another as if woven together
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “interlace”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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