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to interleave

to interleave

1 7.5
To put pages or data between other pages to organize them
  • verb
  • /ˌɪntərˈliːv/
translation icon : 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 intersperse
vsto interleave
12 7.2

To put things in different places among other things

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

To put an object between two parts or layers

involves alternating items with a protective or organizing purpose
to interfile
vsto interleave
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
6 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.