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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, n. (Carp.)
     A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail
     spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits
     tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces
     which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section
        arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails.
        
  
     Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dovetailed; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Dovetailing.]
     1. (Carp.)
        (a) To cut to a dovetail.
        (b) To join by means of dovetails.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to
        fit ingeniously or complexly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He put together a piece of joinery so crossly
              indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it
              was indeed a very curious show.       --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dovetailed; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Dovetailing.]
     1. (Carp.)
        (a) To cut to a dovetail.
        (b) To join by means of dovetails.
  
     2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to
        fit ingeniously or complexly.
  
              He put together a piece of joinery so crossly
              indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it
              was indeed a very curious show.       --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, n. (Carp.)
     A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail
     spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits
     tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces
     which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.
  
     Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section
        arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails.
        
  
     Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  dovetail
       n : a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
           [syn: dovetail joint]
       v : fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dovetail
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 συνδέω, αντιστοιχίζω
     2 συμβαίνω παράλληλα
     3 εναρμονίζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dove-tail
     n.
     (alternative form of en dovetail)
     vb.
     (alternative form of en dovetail)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dovetail
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en chiefly woodworking) To unite#Verb (component#Noun) with a
  dovetail#Noun ''(noun sense 2.1)'' or similar#Adjective joint#Noun.
     3 # (lb en figuratively)
     4 ## To combine#Verb or fit#Verb (things) together well.
     5 ##: (ux en The executive board '''dovetailed''' its decision neatly
  with the prior projects the company had taken up.)
     6 ##: (ux en Through my new project, I '''dovetail''' my interests in
  botany and programming.)
     7 ##* {quote-journal|en|author=John R. Hind|title=The British
  Railways at War|magazine=(w: The Railway Magazine)|location=Sutton,
  London|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20Media|month=March–April|year=1943|page=95|issn=0033-8923|oclc=1065264231|passage=Close
  contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the
  railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service
  departments to '''dovetail''' railway transport into the schemes of the
  fighting forces.}
     8 ##* (quote-book en author=Kenji Hakuta chapter=Why Bilinguals?
  editor=Frank S. Kessel title=The Development of Language and Language
  Researchers: Essays in Honor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Brown%20(psychologist)
  location=Hillsdale, N.J.; Hove, East Sussex
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20&%20Francis
  year=1988 page=299
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VAwkIsF5nkC&pg=PA299
  isbn=978-0-89859-906-0 passage=I felt that through the combined study of
  psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned
  language, and that I would be able to '''dovetail''' this knowledge into
  my business career in Japan.)
     9 ## (lb en computing) To interweave (a number#Noun of algorithms or
  subprograms) so that they can be run#Verb more or less simultaneously.
     10 ##* {quote-book|en|author=Nader H. Bshouty|author2=Jeffrey C.
  Jackson|author3=Christino Tamon|chapter=Exploring Learnability between
  Exact and PAC|editors=Jyrki Kivinen and Robert H.
  Sloan|title=Computational Learning Theory: 15th Annual Conference on
  Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 8–10,
  2002: Proceedings|series=(w: Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
  (LNAI)|seriesvolume=2375; Lecture Notes in Artificial
  Intelligence|location=Berlin;
  Heidelberg|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer%20Science+Business%20Media|year=2002|page=248|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dqomCv1-4C&pg=PA248|isbn=978-3-540-43836-6|issn=0302-9743|passage=However,
  we can construct a single master algorithm <math>M</math>
  that DPExact learns from unknown distribution <math>D</math>
  by simply '''dovetailing''' the algorithms <math>A</math>.
  The precise way in which we '''dovetail''' the algorithms depends on
  whether our goal is time or query efficiency.}
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) Of several#Adjective things: to
  combine or fit together well.
     n.
     1 The tail#Noun of a dove#Noun (family Columbidae); also, something
  have#Verb the shape#Noun of a dove's tail.
     2 (lb en chiefly woodworking often attributively)
     3 # ''In full'' '''dovetail joint''': a type#Noun of joint#Noun where
  adjoining#Adjective component#Noun are fastened by multiple#Adjective
  tenon#Noun cut#Verb into wedge#Noun shapes resemble a dove's tail, which
  interlock#Verb with mortise#Noun having corresponding#Adjective shapes.
     4 # A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that
  it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail
  joint.
     5 (lb en heraldry) A line#Noun resembling a dovetail joint ''(sense
  2.1)''.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en chiefly woodworking) To unite#Verb (component#Noun) with a
  dovetail#Noun ''(noun sense 2.1)'' or similar#Adjective joint#Noun.
     3 # (lb en figuratively)
     4 ## To combine#Verb or fit#Verb (things) together well.
     5 ##: (ux en The executive board '''dovetailed''' its decision neatly
  with the prior projects the company had taken up.)
     6 ##: (ux en Through my new project, I '''dovetail''' my interests in
  botany and programming.)
     7 ##* {quote-journal|en|author=John R. Hind|title=The British
  Railways at War|magazine=(w: The Railway Magazine)|location=Sutton,
  London|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20Media|month=March–April|year=1943|page=95|issn=0033-8923|oclc=1065264231|passage=Close
  contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the
  railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service
  departments to '''dovetail''' railway transport into the schemes of the
  fighting forces.}
     8 ##* (quote-book en author=Kenji Hakuta chapter=Why Bilinguals?
  editor=Frank S. Kessel title=The Development of Language and Language
  Researchers: Essays in Honor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Brown%20(psychologist)
  location=Hillsdale, N.J.; Hove, East Sussex
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20&%20Francis
  year=1988 page=299
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VAwkIsF5nkC&pg=PA299
  isbn=978-0-89859-906-0 passage=I felt that through the combined study of
  psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned
  language, and that I would be able to '''dovetail''' this knowledge into
  my business career in Japan.)
     9 ## (lb en computing) To interweave (a number#Noun of algorithms or
  subprograms) so that they can be run#Verb more or less simultaneously.
     10 ##* {quote-book|en|author=Nader H. Bshouty|author2=Jeffrey C.
  Jackson|author3=Christino Tamon|chapter=Exploring Learnability between
  Exact and PAC|editors=Jyrki Kivinen and Robert H.
  Sloan|title=Computational Learning Theory: 15th Annual Conference on
  Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 8–10,
  2002: Proceedings|series=(w: Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
  (LNAI)|seriesvolume=2375; Lecture Notes in Artificial
  Intelligence|location=Berlin;
  Heidelberg|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer%20Science+Business%20Media|year=2002|page=248|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dqomCv1-4C&pg=PA248|isbn=978-3-540-43836-6|issn=0302-9743|passage=However,
  we can construct a single master algorithm <math>M</math>
  that DPExact learns from unknown distribution <math>D</math>
  by simply '''dovetailing''' the algorithms <math>A</math>.
  The precise way in which we '''dovetail''' the algorithms depends on
  whether our goal is time or query efficiency.}
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) Of several#Adjective things: to
  combine or fit together well.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dove-tail
     n.
     (alternative form of en dovetail)
     vb.
     (alternative form of en dovetail)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dovetail
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en chiefly woodworking) To unite#Verb (component#Noun) with a
  dovetail#Noun ''(noun sense 2.1)'' or similar#Adjective joint#Noun.
     3 # (lb en figuratively)
     4 ## To combine#Verb or fit#Verb (things) together well.
     5 ##: (ux en The executive board '''dovetailed''' its decision neatly
  with the prior projects the company had taken up.)
     6 ##: (ux en Through my new project, I '''dovetail''' my interests in
  botany and programming.)
     7 ##* {quote-journal|en|author=John R. Hind|title=The British
  Railways at War|magazine=(w: The Railway Magazine)|location=Sutton,
  London|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20Media|month=March–April|year=1943|page=95|issn=0033-8923|oclc=1065264231|passage=Close
  contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the
  railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service
  departments to '''dovetail''' railway transport into the schemes of the
  fighting forces.}
     8 ##* (quote-book en author=Kenji Hakuta chapter=Why Bilinguals?
  editor=Frank S. Kessel title=The Development of Language and Language
  Researchers: Essays in Honor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Brown%20(psychologist)
  location=Hillsdale, N.J.; Hove, East Sussex
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20&%20Francis
  year=1988 page=299
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VAwkIsF5nkC&pg=PA299
  isbn=978-0-89859-906-0 passage=I felt that through the combined study of
  psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned
  language, and that I would be able to '''dovetail''' this knowledge into
  my business career in Japan.)
     9 ## (lb en computing) To interweave (a number#Noun of algorithms or
  subprograms) so that they can be run#Verb more or less simultaneously.
     10 ##* {quote-book|en|author=Nader H. Bshouty|author2=Jeffrey C.
  Jackson|author3=Christino Tamon|chapter=Exploring Learnability between
  Exact and PAC|editors=Jyrki Kivinen and Robert H.
  Sloan|title=Computational Learning Theory: 15th Annual Conference on
  Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 8–10,
  2002: Proceedings|series=(w: Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
  (LNAI)|seriesvolume=2375; Lecture Notes in Artificial
  Intelligence|location=Berlin;
  Heidelberg|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer%20Science+Business%20Media|year=2002|page=248|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dqomCv1-4C&pg=PA248|isbn=978-3-540-43836-6|issn=0302-9743|passage=However,
  we can construct a single master algorithm <math>M</math>
  that DPExact learns from unknown distribution <math>D</math>
  by simply '''dovetailing''' the algorithms <math>A</math>.
  The precise way in which we '''dovetail''' the algorithms depends on
  whether our goal is time or query efficiency.}
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) Of several#Adjective things: to
  combine or fit together well.
     n.
     1 The tail#Noun of a dove#Noun (family Columbidae); also, something
  have#Verb the shape#Noun of a dove's tail.
     2 (lb en chiefly woodworking often attributively)
     3 # ''In full'' '''dovetail joint''': a type#Noun of joint#Noun where
  adjoining#Adjective component#Noun are fastened by multiple#Adjective
  tenon#Noun cut#Verb into wedge#Noun shapes resemble a dove's tail, which
  interlock#Verb with mortise#Noun having corresponding#Adjective shapes.
     4 # A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that
  it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail
  joint.
     5 (lb en heraldry) A line#Noun resembling a dovetail joint ''(sense
  2.1)''.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en chiefly woodworking) To unite#Verb (component#Noun) with a
  dovetail#Noun ''(noun sense 2.1)'' or similar#Adjective joint#Noun.
     3 # (lb en figuratively)
     4 ## To combine#Verb or fit#Verb (things) together well.
     5 ##: (ux en The executive board '''dovetailed''' its decision neatly
  with the prior projects the company had taken up.)
     6 ##: (ux en Through my new project, I '''dovetail''' my interests in
  botany and programming.)
     7 ##* {quote-journal|en|author=John R. Hind|title=The British
  Railways at War|magazine=(w: The Railway Magazine)|location=Sutton,
  London|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20Media|month=March–April|year=1943|page=95|issn=0033-8923|oclc=1065264231|passage=Close
  contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the
  railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service
  departments to '''dovetail''' railway transport into the schemes of the
  fighting forces.}
     8 ##* (quote-book en author=Kenji Hakuta chapter=Why Bilinguals?
  editor=Frank S. Kessel title=The Development of Language and Language
  Researchers: Essays in Honor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Brown%20(psychologist)
  location=Hillsdale, N.J.; Hove, East Sussex
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20&%20Francis
  year=1988 page=299
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VAwkIsF5nkC&pg=PA299
  isbn=978-0-89859-906-0 passage=I felt that through the combined study of
  psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned
  language, and that I would be able to '''dovetail''' this knowledge into
  my business career in Japan.)
     9 ## (lb en computing) To interweave (a number#Noun of algorithms or
  subprograms) so that they can be run#Verb more or less simultaneously.
     10 ##* {quote-book|en|author=Nader H. Bshouty|author2=Jeffrey C.
  Jackson|author3=Christino Tamon|chapter=Exploring Learnability between
  Exact and PAC|editors=Jyrki Kivinen and Robert H.
  Sloan|title=Computational Learning Theory: 15th Annual Conference on
  Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 8–10,
  2002: Proceedings|series=(w: Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
  (LNAI)|seriesvolume=2375; Lecture Notes in Artificial
  Intelligence|location=Berlin;
  Heidelberg|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer%20Science+Business%20Media|year=2002|page=248|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dqomCv1-4C&pg=PA248|isbn=978-3-540-43836-6|issn=0302-9743|passage=However,
  we can construct a single master algorithm <math>M</math>
  that DPExact learns from unknown distribution <math>D</math>
  by simply '''dovetailing''' the algorithms <math>A</math>.
  The precise way in which we '''dovetail''' the algorithms depends on
  whether our goal is time or query efficiency.}
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) Of several#Adjective things: to
  combine or fit together well.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dove-tail
     n.
     (alternative form of en dovetail)
     vb.
     (alternative form of en dovetail)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dovetail
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en chiefly woodworking) To unite#Verb (component#Noun) with a
  dovetail#Noun ''(noun sense 2.1)'' or similar#Adjective joint#Noun.
     3 # (lb en figuratively)
     4 ## To combine#Verb or fit#Verb (things) together well.
     5 ##: (ux en The executive board '''dovetailed''' its decision neatly
  with the prior projects the company had taken up.)
     6 ##: (ux en Through my new project, I '''dovetail''' my interests in
  botany and programming.)
     7 ##* {quote-journal|en|author=John R. Hind|title=The British
  Railways at War|magazine=(w: The Railway Magazine)|location=Sutton,
  London|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20Media|month=March–April|year=1943|page=95|issn=0033-8923|oclc=1065264231|passage=Close
  contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the
  railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service
  departments to '''dovetail''' railway transport into the schemes of the
  fighting forces.}
     8 ##* (quote-book en author=Kenji Hakuta chapter=Why Bilinguals?
  editor=Frank S. Kessel title=The Development of Language and Language
  Researchers: Essays in Honor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Brown%20(psychologist)
  location=Hillsdale, N.J.; Hove, East Sussex
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20&%20Francis
  year=1988 page=299
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VAwkIsF5nkC&pg=PA299
  isbn=978-0-89859-906-0 passage=I felt that through the combined study of
  psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned
  language, and that I would be able to '''dovetail''' this knowledge into
  my business career in Japan.)
     9 ## (lb en computing) To interweave (a number#Noun of algorithms or
  subprograms) so that they can be run#Verb more or less simultaneously.
     10 ##* {quote-book|en|author=Nader H. Bshouty|author2=Jeffrey C.
  Jackson|author3=Christino Tamon|chapter=Exploring Learnability between
  Exact and PAC|editors=Jyrki Kivinen and Robert H.
  Sloan|title=Computational Learning Theory: 15th Annual Conference on
  Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 8–10,
  2002: Proceedings|series=(w: Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
  (LNAI)|seriesvolume=2375; Lecture Notes in Artificial
  Intelligence|location=Berlin;
  Heidelberg|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer%20Science+Business%20Media|year=2002|page=248|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dqomCv1-4C&pg=PA248|isbn=978-3-540-43836-6|issn=0302-9743|passage=However,
  we can construct a single master algorithm <math>M</math>
  that DPExact learns from unknown distribution <math>D</math>
  by simply '''dovetailing''' the algorithms <math>A</math>.
  The precise way in which we '''dovetail''' the algorithms depends on
  whether our goal is time or query efficiency.}
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) Of several#Adjective things: to
  combine or fit together well.
     n.
     1 The tail#Noun of a dove#Noun (family Columbidae); also, something
  have#Verb the shape#Noun of a dove's tail.
     2 (lb en chiefly woodworking often attributively)
     3 # ''In full'' '''dovetail joint''': a type#Noun of joint#Noun where
  adjoining#Adjective component#Noun are fastened by multiple#Adjective
  tenon#Noun cut#Verb into wedge#Noun shapes resemble a dove's tail, which
  interlock#Verb with mortise#Noun having corresponding#Adjective shapes.
     4 # A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that
  it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail
  joint.
     5 (lb en heraldry) A line#Noun resembling a dovetail joint ''(sense
  2.1)''.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en chiefly woodworking) To unite#Verb (component#Noun) with a
  dovetail#Noun ''(noun sense 2.1)'' or similar#Adjective joint#Noun.
     3 # (lb en figuratively)
     4 ## To combine#Verb or fit#Verb (things) together well.
     5 ##: (ux en The executive board '''dovetailed''' its decision neatly
  with the prior projects the company had taken up.)
     6 ##: (ux en Through my new project, I '''dovetail''' my interests in
  botany and programming.)
     7 ##* {quote-journal|en|author=John R. Hind|title=The British
  Railways at War|magazine=(w: The Railway Magazine)|location=Sutton,
  London|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20Media|month=March–April|year=1943|page=95|issn=0033-8923|oclc=1065264231|passage=Close
  contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the
  railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service
  departments to '''dovetail''' railway transport into the schemes of the
  fighting forces.}
     8 ##* (quote-book en author=Kenji Hakuta chapter=Why Bilinguals?
  editor=Frank S. Kessel title=The Development of Language and Language
  Researchers: Essays in Honor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Brown%20(psychologist)
  location=Hillsdale, N.J.; Hove, East Sussex
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20&%20Francis
  year=1988 page=299
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VAwkIsF5nkC&pg=PA299
  isbn=978-0-89859-906-0 passage=I felt that through the combined study of
  psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned
  language, and that I would be able to '''dovetail''' this knowledge into
  my business career in Japan.)
     9 ## (lb en computing) To interweave (a number#Noun of algorithms or
  subprograms) so that they can be run#Verb more or less simultaneously.
     10 ##* {quote-book|en|author=Nader H. Bshouty|author2=Jeffrey C.
  Jackson|author3=Christino Tamon|chapter=Exploring Learnability between
  Exact and PAC|editors=Jyrki Kivinen and Robert H.
  Sloan|title=Computational Learning Theory: 15th Annual Conference on
  Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 8–10,
  2002: Proceedings|series=(w: Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
  (LNAI)|seriesvolume=2375; Lecture Notes in Artificial
  Intelligence|location=Berlin;
  Heidelberg|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer%20Science+Business%20Media|year=2002|page=248|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dqomCv1-4C&pg=PA248|isbn=978-3-540-43836-6|issn=0302-9743|passage=However,
  we can construct a single master algorithm <math>M</math>
  that DPExact learns from unknown distribution <math>D</math>
  by simply '''dovetailing''' the algorithms <math>A</math>.
  The precise way in which we '''dovetail''' the algorithms depends on
  whether our goal is time or query efficiency.}
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) Of several#Adjective things: to
  combine or fit together well.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dovetail
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en chiefly woodworking) To unite#Verb (component#Noun) with a
  dovetail#Noun ''(noun sense 2.1)'' or similar#Adjective joint#Noun.
     3 # (lb en figuratively)
     4 ## To combine#Verb or fit#Verb (things) together well.
     5 ##: (ux en The executive board '''dovetailed''' its decision neatly
  with the prior projects the company had taken up.)
     6 ##: (ux en Through my new project, I '''dovetail''' my interests in
  botany and programming.)
     7 ##* {quote-journal|en|author=John R. Hind|title=The British
  Railways at War|magazine=(w: The Railway Magazine)|location=Sutton,
  London|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20Media|month=March–April|year=1943|page=95|issn=0033-8923|oclc=1065264231|passage=Close
  contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the
  railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service
  departments to '''dovetail''' railway transport into the schemes of the
  fighting forces.}
     8 ##* (quote-book en author=Kenji Hakuta chapter=Why Bilinguals?
  editor=Frank S. Kessel title=The Development of Language and Language
  Researchers: Essays in Honor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Brown%20(psychologist)
  location=Hillsdale, N.J.; Hove, East Sussex
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20&%20Francis
  year=1988 page=299
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VAwkIsF5nkC&pg=PA299
  isbn=978-0-89859-906-0 passage=I felt that through the combined study of
  psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned
  language, and that I would be able to '''dovetail''' this knowledge into
  my business career in Japan.)
     9 ## (lb en computing) To interweave (a number#Noun of algorithms or
  subprograms) so that they can be run#Verb more or less simultaneously.
     10 ##* {quote-book|en|author=Nader H. Bshouty|author2=Jeffrey C.
  Jackson|author3=Christino Tamon|chapter=Exploring Learnability between
  Exact and PAC|editors=Jyrki Kivinen and Robert H.
  Sloan|title=Computational Learning Theory: 15th Annual Conference on
  Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 8–10,
  2002: Proceedings|series=(w: Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
  (LNAI)|seriesvolume=2375; Lecture Notes in Artificial
  Intelligence|location=Berlin;
  Heidelberg|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer%20Science+Business%20Media|year=2002|page=248|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dqomCv1-4C&pg=PA248|isbn=978-3-540-43836-6|issn=0302-9743|passage=However,
  we can construct a single master algorithm <math>M</math>
  that DPExact learns from unknown distribution <math>D</math>
  by simply '''dovetailing''' the algorithms <math>A</math>.
  The precise way in which we '''dovetail''' the algorithms depends on
  whether our goal is time or query efficiency.}
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) Of several#Adjective things: to
  combine or fit together well.
     n.
     1 The tail#Noun of a dove#Noun (family Columbidae); also, something
  have#Verb the shape#Noun of a dove's tail.
     2 (lb en chiefly woodworking often attributively)
     3 # ''In full'' '''dovetail joint''': a type#Noun of joint#Noun where
  adjoining#Adjective component#Noun are fastened by multiple#Adjective
  tenon#Noun cut#Verb into wedge#Noun shapes resemble a dove's tail, which
  interlock#Verb with mortise#Noun having corresponding#Adjective shapes.
     4 # A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that
  it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail
  joint.
     5 (lb en heraldry) A line#Noun resembling a dovetail joint ''(sense
  2.1)''.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en chiefly woodworking) To unite#Verb (component#Noun) with a
  dovetail#Noun ''(noun sense 2.1)'' or similar#Adjective joint#Noun.
     3 # (lb en figuratively)
     4 ## To combine#Verb or fit#Verb (things) together well.
     5 ##: (ux en The executive board '''dovetailed''' its decision neatly
  with the prior projects the company had taken up.)
     6 ##: (ux en Through my new project, I '''dovetail''' my interests in
  botany and programming.)
     7 ##* {quote-journal|en|author=John R. Hind|title=The British
  Railways at War|magazine=(w: The Railway Magazine)|location=Sutton,
  London|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20Media|month=March–April|year=1943|page=95|issn=0033-8923|oclc=1065264231|passage=Close
  contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the
  railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service
  departments to '''dovetail''' railway transport into the schemes of the
  fighting forces.}
     8 ##* (quote-book en author=Kenji Hakuta chapter=Why Bilinguals?
  editor=Frank S. Kessel title=The Development of Language and Language
  Researchers: Essays in Honor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Brown%20(psychologist)
  location=Hillsdale, N.J.; Hove, East Sussex
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20&%20Francis
  year=1988 page=299
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VAwkIsF5nkC&pg=PA299
  isbn=978-0-89859-906-0 passage=I felt that through the combined study of
  psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned
  language, and that I would be able to '''dovetail''' this knowledge into
  my business career in Japan.)
     9 ## (lb en computing) To interweave (a number#Noun of algorithms or
  subprograms) so that they can be run#Verb more or less simultaneously.
     10 ##* {quote-book|en|author=Nader H. Bshouty|author2=Jeffrey C.
  Jackson|author3=Christino Tamon|chapter=Exploring Learnability between
  Exact and PAC|editors=Jyrki Kivinen and Robert H.
  Sloan|title=Computational Learning Theory: 15th Annual Conference on
  Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 8–10,
  2002: Proceedings|series=(w: Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
  (LNAI)|seriesvolume=2375; Lecture Notes in Artificial
  Intelligence|location=Berlin;
  Heidelberg|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer%20Science+Business%20Media|year=2002|page=248|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1dqomCv1-4C&pg=PA248|isbn=978-3-540-43836-6|issn=0302-9743|passage=However,
  we can construct a single master algorithm <math>M</math>
  that DPExact learns from unknown distribution <math>D</math>
  by simply '''dovetailing''' the algorithms <math>A</math>.
  The precise way in which we '''dovetail''' the algorithms depends on
  whether our goal is time or query efficiency.}
     11 (lb en intransitive figuratively) Of several#Adjective things: to
  combine or fit together well.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dovetail
     Englanti n.
     lohenpyrstöliitos

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dovetail
     Engelska n.
     (tagg förbandsteknik språk=en) laxstjärt, sinka, svalstjärt
     Engelska vb.
     sammanfoga, sinka, hopsinka, hoplaska, sammansvetsa, inpassa (i
  varandra), sammanfläta (sig)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/
  الرباط

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/
  koordinovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/
  zapadat do sebe

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/
  hodit se k sobě

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/
  Schwalbenschwanz 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dovetail //ˈdʌvteɪl// //ˈdʌvˌteɪl// 
  1. lohenpyrstö
  (heraldry) line resembling a dovetail joint
  2. kyyhkyn pyrstö, kyyhkysen pyrstö
  tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail
  3. lohenpyrstövaarna
  tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint
  4. lohenpyrstö, lohenpyrstöliitos, sinkkaus
  type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dovetail //ˈdʌvteɪl// //ˈdʌvˌteɪl// 
  1. sopia (hyvin) yhteen
  of several things: to combine or fit together well
  2. sovittaa (hyvin yhteen)
  to combine or fit (things) together well
  3. limittää ajoa, lomittaa ajoa
  to interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously
  4. sinkata, tehdä lohenpyrstöliitos
  to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/ 
  1. चूल

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/ 
  1. चूल~बनाना
        "The carpenter cut the wood pices perfectly to dovetail each other so that they fitted together"
  2. सही तरह से करना
        "The students of architecture were trained to make subjects which dove-tailed each other perfectly"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/
  lastin rep, užlijebiti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/
  1. fecskefark-csapolás
  2. fecskefarkú kötés
  3. fecskefarkkötés
  4. fecskefarkú illesztés
  5. fecskefark

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  dovetail //ˈdʌvteɪl// //ˈdʌvˌteɪl// 
  蟻継ぎ
  type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  dovetail //ˈdʌvteɪl// //ˈdʌvˌteɪl// 
  蟻継ぎ
  to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  dovetail //ˈdʌvteɪl// //ˈdʌvˌteɪl// 
  laxstjärt, laxknut
  type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  dovetail /dˈʌvteɪl/
  1. sandık ve çekme. cede koşe bağının dişleri, kırlangıç, geçme, kurtağzı
  2. tam uymak
  3. köşe bağı kesmek
  4. köşe bağı dişleriyle bitiştirmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdəvˌteɪɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  126 Moby Thesaurus words for "dovetail":
     accord, agree, ankle, answer to, articulate, articulation, assent,
     assort with, batten, batten down, be consistent, be of one,
     be uniform with, bolt, boundary, buckle, butt, button, cervix,
     check, check out, chime, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, closure,
     coact, cohere, coincide, concur, conform, conform with,
     connecting link, connecting rod, connection, consist with,
     cooperate, correspond, coupling, elbow, embrace, engage,
     fall in together, fit in, fit together, gliding joint, go,
     go together, go with, hang together, harmonize, hasp, hinge,
     hinged joint, hip, hit, hitch, hold together, hook, interact,
     interchange, interface, interlace, interlock, intermesh, interplay,
     intersect, intertwine, interweave, interwork, jam, jibe, join,
     joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, latch, link, lock, match,
     mesh, miter, mortise, nail, neck, overlap, parallel, peg, pin,
     pivot, pivot joint, rabbet, register, register with, respond to,
     rivet, scarf, screw, seam, sew, shoulder, sing in chorus, skewer,
     snap, sort with, square, square with, stand together, staple,
     stick, stitch, suture, symphysis, tack, tally, tie rod, toggle,
     toggle joint, union, wedge, weld, wrist, zipper
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 楔形榫头;
  v. 与...吻合,用鸠尾榫接合;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 楔形榫头
     vt. 与…吻合,用鸠尾榫接合
     vi. 吻合

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