different between interlace vs ravel
interlace
English
Etymology
From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?in.t?.le?s/, /?in.t??le?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
interlace (countable and uncountable, plural interlaces)
- (visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
- (electronics) A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.
Translations
Verb
interlace (third-person singular simple present interlaces, present participle interlacing, simple past and past participle interlaced)
- (transitive) To cross one with another.
- Synonyms: interthread, intertwine, interweave
- To mingle; to blend.
- (intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.
Derived terms
- interlaced
- interlacement
- interlacing
Translations
References
- interlace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- lacertine, reclinate
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ravel
English
Etymology
From Dutch ravelen (“to tangle, fray out, unweave”), from Dutch rafel (“frayed thread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æv?l/
- Rhymes: -æv?l
Noun
ravel (plural ravels)
- A snarl; a complication.
- A ravelled thread.
Verb
ravel (third-person singular simple present ravels, present participle ravelling or (US) raveling, simple past and past participle ravelled or (US) raveled)
- (transitive) To tangle; entangle; entwine confusedly, become snarled; thus to involve; perplex; confuse.
- 1660, Edmund Waller, To the King, upon his Majesty's Happy Return
- What glory's due to him that could divide / Such ravelled interests?
- 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year
- The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or ravelled and entangled in weak discourses!
- 1660, Edmund Waller, To the King, upon his Majesty's Happy Return
- (transitive, figuratively) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle or clarify.
- (transitive) To pull apart (especially cloth or a seam); unravel.
- (intransitive) To become entangled.
- (intransitive) To become untwisted or unwoven.
- (computing, programming) In the APL programming language, to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
- 1975, Tse-yun Feng, Parallel processing: proceedings of the Sagamore Computer Conference
- LOAD.S loads a sequence of scalars from the ravelled form of a matrix into successive AM elements.
- 1975, Tse-yun Feng, Parallel processing: proceedings of the Sagamore Computer Conference
Usage notes
- The spellings ravelling and ravelled are more common in the UK than in the US.
Translations
References
- Century Dictionary, Vol. VI, Page 4976, ravel
- Century Dictionary Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1114, ravel
- The New Century Dictionary 1952, Volume Two, page 1476, Ravel
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ravel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- ravel at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- arvel, larve, laver, reval, velar
Westrobothnian
Noun
ravel n
- Talk.
Related terms
- raväl
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