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to interleave

to interleave

1 7.5
To put pages or data between other pages to organize them
  • verb
  • /ˌɪntərˈliːv/
: intercalar
  • In the new design, the engineer will interleave cooling channels within the equipment for better efficiency.

We, we take, let's say an entire game, we map it to a string of numbers that will all be probably image space and action space interleaved.

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Examples

  • Parallel learning principles—spaced practice, interleaved practice, and expanded practice—have been formulated by cognitive psychologists.

    Academic text (2014)
  • In particular, we don't have to care about all possible ways of interleaving thread instructions.

    Academic text (2012)
  • But again, we can start to interleave more instructions.

  • Yes, you need to like interleave the two thumb checks, right?

  • The approach taken within LOLA is to interleave the planning with the application of the teaching operators.

    Academic text (1990)
  • During training, the problem types were either massed or interleaved.

    Academic text (2014)
  • OK, so there's four think sessions interleaved by three eat sessions.

  • Many experiments need a spectrum of energies and will interleave their runs as the beam is upgraded to higher energies.

    Academic text (1993)
  • There were three interleaved response tasks for the testing protocols: threshold testing, loudness matching, and pitch matching.

    Academic text (2001)
  • To improve her cooking skills, she decided to interleave theory with practical exercises.

Synonyms

to intercut
vsto interleave
  • Jargon
8 7.7

To insert scenes like interviews or real footage between shots to show different times

is used more generally to alternate items for organization or protection
to interpose
vsto interleave
  • Formal
5 7.5

To interrupt by adding a remark or placing something between people

is about inserting between items to protect organize or improve efficiency
to intersperse
vsto interleave
2 7.2

To put things in different places among other things

focuses on regular alternating placement for order or efficiency
to intercalate
vsto interleave
  • Specialized
1 9.8

To put an object between two parts or layers

involves alternating items with a protective or organizing purpose
to interfile
vsto interleave
1 8.1

Put documents between other papers in a file or on a shelf

is broader, alternating items for protection or efficiency

How Alternating

to interpose
  • Formal
5 7.5
to interleave
1 7.5

Surface Forms

interleave infinitive
interleaved past participle
interleaving present participle
interleaves third person singular

Morphology

interleave = leave (semi-transparent) = inter + leave

The prefix 'inter-' indicates between or among, but the specific meaning of 'interleave' as alternating or inserting is not immediately obvious from 'leave'.

Etymology

Interleave comes from the prefix inter- 'between' and the idea of a leaf 'page', so it originally meant putting a sheet between other sheets. That's why to interleave now is to insert or alternate pages, sheets, or data 'between' others to keep them safe, in order, or to work faster.