interlace

interlace

English

Monitor using interlaced scanning technique: First the odd lines (blue) and then the even lines (yellow) of an image are displayed.

Etymology

From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.tɚ.leɪs/, /ˌin.tɚˈleɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

interlace (uncountable)

1. (visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art

   Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns

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

Translations

decorative element found in medieval art

German: Flechtband n

technique of improving the picture quality

Czech: prokládání n Finnish: lomitus (fi)

German: Zeilensprung (de) m

Verb

interlace (third-person singular simple present interlaces, present participle interlacing, simple past and past participle interlaced)

1. (transitive) To cross one with another; to interweave

   to interlace wires

2. to mingle; to blend.
3. (intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

   interlacing branches

Derived terms

• interlaced
• interlacement
• interlacing

Translations

to cross one with another

Finnish: punoa yhteen, limittää French: entrelacer (fr) German: verflechten (de), verschränken (de)

Maori: rauwiri, rauiri Spanish: entrelazar (es)

to cross one another as if woven together

Finnish: punoutua yhteen, limittyä French: s'entrelacer (fr)

German: durchflechten, sich verschlingen, ineinandergreifen (de) Spanish: entrelazar (es)

References

• interlace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• lacertine, reclinate