"splicer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: splicers [plural]
Etymology: From splice + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|splice|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From splice + -er., {{ety|en|:af|splice|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English splice Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English splicer From splice + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} splicer (plural splicers)
  1. A person or device that makes a splice.
    Sense id: en-splicer-en-noun-~2V2N7Ba
  2. (graph theory) A union of uniform spanning trees.
    Sense id: en-splicer-en-noun-tNOlrb7R Categories (other): Graph theory, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent suffix), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent suffix): 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 10 90 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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