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 (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.

Translations

decorative element found in medieval art

• German: Flechtband n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

technique of improving the picture quality

• Czech: prokládání n
• Finnish: lomitus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Zeilensprung (de) m

Verb

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

• Bulgarian: преплитам (bg) (preplitam)
• Catalan: entrellaçar (ca)
• Finnish: punoa yhteen, limittää
• French: entrelacer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: verflechten (de), verschränken (de)
• Maori: rauwiri, rauiri
• Spanish: entrelazar (es)

to cross one another as if woven together

• Bulgarian: преплитам се (preplitam se)
• Finnish: punoutua yhteen, limittyä
• French: s’entrelacer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: durchflechten, sich verschlingen, ineinandergreifen (de)
• Spanish: entrelazar (es)

References

• “interlace”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lacertine, reclinate