Interleave
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An interleaved or interspersed arrangement.
"the interleave of sectors on a floppy disk"
- 1 To insert (pages, which are normally blank) between the pages of a book. transitive
"1754, Samuel Johnson, Letter to the Rev. Mr. Thomas Warton, 28 November, 1754, cited in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, edited by Augustine Birrell, New York: Dodge, 1896, Volume 1, p. 225, Let a Servitor transcribe the quotations, and interleave them with references to save time. This will shorten the work and lessen the fatigue."
- 2 intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations wordnet
- 3 To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group. transitive
"I had the demon’s own time with my armor, and this delayed me a little. It is troublesome to get into, and there is so much detail. First you wrap a layer or two of blanket around your body, […] then you put on your sleeves and shirt of chain mail— […] then you put on your shoes—flat-boats roofed over with interleaving bands of steel—and screw your clumsy spurs into the heels."
- 4 intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data wordnet
- 5 To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks. transitive
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- 6 provide (books) with blank leaves wordnet
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More examples"1754, Samuel Johnson, Letter to the Rev. Mr. Thomas Warton, 28 November, 1754, cited in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, edited by Augustine Birrell, New York: Dodge, 1896, Volume 1, p. 225, Let a Servitor transcribe the quotations, and interleave them with references to save time. This will shorten the work and lessen the fatigue."
Etymology
From inter- + leave.
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