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Interdigitate
verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other. transitive
- 2 To become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand. intransitive
"Figure 1.4 shows a modern thyristor encapsulated in a presspack housing and Figure 1.5 illustrates a typical interdigitated gate geometry in a high-power thyristor; the black areas indicate silicon ( Si0₂ ) and the white areas the Al metallisation."
- 3 To intermingle; to present alternately items from one group and then another. figuratively, transitive
"Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world."
Etymology
From inter- + digitate.
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