interlace
interlace Lexical Profile
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• verb
To cross, weave, or twist together by passing over and under one another alternately (of threads, branches, fingers, or pathways).
"The overhead branches of the old oak trees interlace to form a dense canopy above the lane."
To blend, intersperse, or connect closely together with contrasting elements, themes, or ideas.
"The historian manages to interlace personal letters with archival records to create a vivid narrative."
To combine two separate fields of alternating horizontal scan lines into a single video frame or digital image to improve display refresh quality without increasing bandwidth.
"Older television broadcasts had to interlace the video signal to prevent screen flicker on cathode-ray tubes."
• noun
A decorative visual motif consisting of intricately interwoven bands, ribbons, or geometric lines, characteristic of medieval Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Islamic art.
"The stone cross in the abbey courtyard is carved with elaborate Celtic interlace."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French entrelacier ('to intertwine or weave together'), formed from entre- ('between, among', from Latin inter-) and lacier ('to tie or lace', from Latin laqueare, 'to ensnare or noose').
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