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What is the noun for splices?

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splice
  1. (nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
  2. (electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
  3. (cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
  4. Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
  5. (genetics) The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “Twist each of the wires with matching colors together to create a splice.”
splicing
splicer
  1. A person or device that makes a splice.
  2. Examples:
    1. “With two buttons you can accomplish more than an afternoon with a pile of reel-to-reel tape, scissors and splicer.”
      “For years he was a high-voltage cable splicer, a job he loved because it meant working outdoors with plenty of freedom and overtime pay.”
      “Having no splicer, Markopoulos edited the film with a magnifying glass, cellophane tape an a razor blade.”
splicings
splicers
  1. plural of splicer
  2. Examples:
    1. “The gene splicers rearranging the genetic codes of untold species are operating blindly, he says.”
      “Three cable splicers and two members of the line crew had accepted the offer.”
      “Our splicers reduce waste at all stages of manufacture, connecting bobbin to bobbin and ensuring continuity of production.”
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