"interdigitate" meaning in English

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        "To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other."
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        "(transitive) To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other."
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          "text": "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.",
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        "To become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand."
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        "(intransitive) To become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand."
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          "word": "(fésűsen) egymásba fonódik/kapcsolódik"
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          "text": "Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.",
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        "To intermingle; to present alternately items from one group and then another."
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        "(transitive, figuratively) To intermingle; to present alternately items from one group and then another."
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        "To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other."
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        "(transitive) To fold or lock together, as when the fingers of one hand are laced between those of the other."
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          "text": "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.",
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        "To become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand."
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        "(intransitive) To become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand."
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        "(transitive, figuratively) To intermingle; to present alternately items from one group and then another."
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      "sense": "to become folded or locked together, like the fingers of a folded hand",
      "word": "(fésűsen) egymásba fonódik/kapcsolódik"
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