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Image:Spline (PSF).png|thumb|right|Drawing a spline.

English

Pronunciation


Noun

spline (plural splines)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. In the Context of Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.


Derived terms


fr:spline ta:spline vi:spline

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spline \Spline\, n.
1. A rectangular piece fitting 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 feather; also,
sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.
[1913 Webster]

2. A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet spline
n 1: a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved
lines
2: a thin strip (wood or metal) [syn: slat]
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