Interleave

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An interleaved or interspersed arrangement.

    "the interleave of sectors on a floppy disk"

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations wordnet
  3. 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. 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. 5
    To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks. transitive
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  1. 6
    provide (books) with blank leaves wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From inter- + leave.

Etymology 2

From inter- + leave.

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