Interlacing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interlace \In`ter*lace"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Interlaced};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Interlacing}.] [OE. entrelacen, F.
     entrelacer. See {Inter-}, and {Lace}.]
     To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one
     thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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           Severed into stripes
           That interlaced each other.              --Cowper.
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           The epic way is everywhere interlaced with dialogue.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     {Interlacing arches} (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so
        constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be
        interlaced.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interlacing
       adj : linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing [syn: {interlinking},
              {interlocking}, {interwoven}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "interlacing":
     alternation, braiding, coaction, complementary distribution,
     concurrence, cooperation, engagement, enlacement, entwinement,
     entwining, fabric, interaction, interchange, intercommunication,
     intercourse, interknitting, interlacement, interlacery,
     intermeshing, interplay, intertexture, interthreading, intertieing,
     intertwinement, intertwining, intertwisting, interweavement,
     interweaving, interworking, knitting, lacing, mesh, meshing,
     plaiting, quid pro quo, seesaw, texture, tissue, tit for tat,
     twining, twisting, warp and woof, warpage, weave, weaving, web,
     weftage, wreathing
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  interlacing
       
          1.  A {video} display system which builds an {image}
          on the {VDU} in two phases, known as "fields", consisting of
          even and odd horizontal lines.
       
          The complete image (a "frame") is created by scanning an
          electron beam horizontally across the screen, starting at the
          top and moving down after each horizontal scan until the
          bottom of the screen is reached, at which point the scan
          starts again at the top.  On an interlaced display, even
          numbered {scan lines} are displayed in the first field and
          then odd numbered lines in the second field.
       
          For a given screen {resolution}, {refresh rate} (frames per
          second) and {phosphor} {persistence}, interlacing reduces
          flicker because the top and bottom of the screen are redrawn
          twice as often as if the scan simply proceded from top to
          bottom in a single vertical sweep.
       
          2.  {progressive coding}.
       
          (1998-02-25)