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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
interlacing
adj : linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing [syn: interlinking,
interlocking, interwoven]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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