What does interlace mean?

Definitions for interlace
ˌɪn tərˈleɪs, ˈɪn tərˌleɪsin·ter·lace

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, laceverb

    spin,wind, or twist together

    "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"

  2. lock, interlock, interlaceverb

    hold in a locking position

    "He locked his hands around her neck"

Wiktionary

  1. interlacenoun

    A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.

  2. interlaceverb

    To cross one with another; to interweave: as, to interlace wires; hence, to mingle; to blend.

  3. interlaceverb

    To cross one another as if woven together, as interlacing branches; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

  4. Etymology: entrelacen, from entrelacer, from entre- + lacer.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Interlaceverb

    To intermix; to put one thing within another.

    Etymology: entrelasser, French.

    Some are to be interlaced between the divine readings of the law and prophets. Richard Hooker.

    Touching reannexing of Bretagne to France, the ambassadors declined any mention thereof; but contrariwise interlaced, in their conference, the purpose of their master to match with the daughter of Maximilian. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    They acknowledged what services he had done for the commonwealth, yet interlacing some errors, wherewith they seemed to reproach him. John Hayward.

    Your argument is as strong against the use of rhyme in poems as in plays; for the epick way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. interlace

    Interlace, as a verb, typically means to mix or blend things together by crossing or intertwining them in a systematic or alternating manner. This term is usually associated with weaving or arranging elements in a crisscross pattern. In technology, particularly in video technology, it refers to a technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily in analog television systems by scanning the lines in the image in an alternate order.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Interlace

    to unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave

  2. Etymology: [OE. entrelacen, F. entrelacer. See Inter-, and Lace.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Interlace

    in-tėr-lās′, v.t. to lace together: to unite: to insert one thing within another.—v.i. to intermix.—n. Interlace′ment.—Interlacing arches (archit.), an arcature in which the arches intersect.

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Anagrams for interlace »

  1. lacertine

  2. reclinate

  3. intercale

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of interlace in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of interlace in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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