interleaving

verb

intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations

intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data

provide (books) with blank leaves

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between, within leaf-leav · Old English · leaf

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