plural of lineman splice

(idiomatic, nautical) About to be married.

(genetics, of an intron) Able to splice without the addition of any protein factors.

(nautical) Two ropes spliced together to form an eye which lies shut when taut.

(nautical) A cut splice.

(grammar) Two independent clauses combined into a run-on sentence with only a comma between them.

(horticulture) a method of grafting by cutting the ends of the scion and stock completely across and obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying or otherwise.

A simple method of joining two ends of metal wire by twisting them together.

(electronics, telecommunications) A method of tightly joining two ends of metal wire by twisting each around the other.

(genetics) A process by which the exons of the RNA produced by transcription of a gene (a primary gene transcript or pre-mRNA) are reconnected in multiple ways during RNA splicing, so as to allow production of multiple forms of protein from one gene.