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Definition spline
Etymology
Mid-1700s East Anglian dialect. Origin uncertain but perhaps from Old Danish splind or North Frisian splinj.
Noun
spline (plural splines)
- Long thin piece of metal or wood. [from the mid 18th c]
- A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
- A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
- (mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
- (woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
- (mechanics) Ridges or teeth on a drive shaft that mesh with grooves in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.
strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
Verb
spline (third-person singular simple present splines, present participle splining, simple past and past participle splined)
- (mathematics, computing) To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
- (engineering) To fit with a spline.
- (engineering) To fasten to or together with a spline.
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