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interlace

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

Etymology

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

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Noun

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interlace (countable and uncountable, plural interlaces)

  1. (visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
    Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns
  2. (electronics) A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cross one with another.
    Synonyms: interthread, intertwine, interweave
    to interlace wires
    • 1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Selby swing bridge”, in Trains Illustrated, page 647:
      The opportunity was also taken to remove one of the few examples of gauntleted tracks in this country, interlacing the down fast and slow lines over the bridge.
  2. To mingle; to blend.
  3. (intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.
    interlacing branches

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