Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To connect by or as if by lacing together; interweave.
- v. To intersperse; intermix: interlaced the testimony with half-truths.
- v. To intertwine: "As the earth thaws, numberless little streams are formed to overlap and interlace with one another” ( Joyce Carol Oates).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To cross one with another; interweave: as, to interlace wires; hence, to mingle; blend. In the mathematical theory of knots, to interlace three or more closed bands is to put them together so that no two are linked together, and yet so that they cannot be separated without a breach of continuity.
- To cross one another as if woven together, as interlacing branches; intertwine; blend intricately.
Wiktionary
- n. A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.
- v. transitive To cross one with another; to interweave: as, to interlace wires; hence, to mingle; to blend.
- v. intransitive To cross one another as if woven together, as interlacing branches; to intertwine; to blend intricately.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
WordNet 3.0
- v. spin,wind, or twist together
- v. hold in a locking position
Etymologies
- Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from inter- + lacer ("weave"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The so-called interlace combing in all the examples I have seen to date clearly shows at least two or three scan lines forming the 'combs', not individual scan lines.”
“Could it be a bug in AutoGK that the video was mistakenly identified as interlace?”
“The "interlace" loss occurs from bandpass filtering (before the transmitter matrix) prior to transmission or in device NTSC / PAL encoders.”
“I see the "de-interlace" filter, but I don't see an "interlace" filter.”
“Maybe you have to look after something like "interlace" in your capture settings and you have to pick up that.”
““Throw your weapons away, then put your hands behind your head and interlace your fingers,” a masculine voice ordered.”
“I did find “network,” however, which had three definitions: a fabric or structure of cords or threads that cross each other at certain intervals and are secured in their crossing with knots, etc; Any system of lines that interlace like a net; and — the dictionary is very specific here — in radio terminology, a chain of stations.”
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“They pile guitar layer upon guitar layer, interlace some catchy refrains and try to be as laid-back as possible.”
“Also, just FYI, all LCD & Plasma screens are incapable of showing an interlace (i) signal, so you aren't losing any pixels by having 1080i instead of 1080p.”
“Kagan strikes me as similarly adroit, being able to personally engage and then interlace the steps in the others argument.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘interlace’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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fancy essay words
hiatus, ontology, exegesis, hermeneutics, dialectics, demiurge, ascertain, contention, eschatological, synecdoche, centripetal, centrifugal and 96 more...
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connection
connect, link, intertwine, interlace, connective, conjunction, joined, coadunate, connexion, interdigitate, ligature, transilient and 40 more...
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Intertanglement
A list of bejumble and minglement.
intertanglement, mixture, commingle, commixtion, immixture, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, intermixture, medley, minglement, mingle-mangle, blendure and 60 more...
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Infinite Jest
Words taken from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
prorector, monograph, post-fourier, snuffle, rototremble, creatus, enfilade, subanimalistic, balletic, espadrilles, leonine, cirri and 1153 more...
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ideas out loud
bandwagon, middle, via, web, fly, thru, safety, thor, swoosh, top, network effect, matrix and 200 more...
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What's next here?
thunderhead, thundercloud, cumulus, cumulonimbus, fibrous, hazy, glaciated, cirrus, nimbus, meteorology, fahrenheit, thermoscope and 285 more...
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sunstarset's list
volant, cerulean, amber, lazuline, sinuous, obsidian, tremulous, smolder, aqueous, tawdry, ethereal, eristic and 38 more...
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Essentials
Ganske almindelige ord, der gerne skulle sidde i skabet.
chasm, ascension, interlace, Surreptitious, scree, banter, dour, prolific, fledgling, botch, Debauchery, callous and 6 more...
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