Interdigitate

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other. transitive
  2. 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. 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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