joined two ropes, wires, or film strips together by twisting or overlapping their ends; connected things seamlessly.
From Dutch 'splissen,' meaning to split or separate. The nautical term became common in English by the 1600s when sailing ships required sailors to connect ropes regularly.
Film editors used to literally splice movie reels together by hand, cutting and gluing film—that's why we still say 'editing' and 'splicing' even though digital editors never touch physical tape!
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