noun A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
noun The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
noun That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
If the ball hits the splice, it is likely to dolly up for an easy catch.
noun Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
noun The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
verb 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.
verb 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.