spline

S0654900 (splīn)n.1. a. Any of a series of projections on a shaft that fit into slots on a corresponding shaft, enabling both to rotate together.b. The groove or slot for such a projection.2. A flexible piece of wood, hard rubber, or metal used in drawing curves.3. A wooden or metal strip; a slat.

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spline

(splaɪn) n1. (Mechanical Engineering) any one of a series of narrow keys (external splines) formed longitudinally around the circumference of a shaft that fit into corresponding grooves (internal splines) in a mating part: used to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque2. a long narrow strip of wood, metal, etc; slat3. (Building) a thin narrow strip made of wood, metal, or plastic fitted into a groove in the edge of a board, tile, etc, to connect it to anothervb (Building) (tr) to provide (a shaft, part, etc) with splines[C18: East Anglian dialect; perhaps related to Old English splin spindle; see splint]

spline

(splaɪn)

n. 1. a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat. 2. a long, flexible strip of wood or the like, used in drawing curves. 3. any of a series of ridges on a shaft, parallel to its axis and fitting inside corresponding grooves in the hub of a gear, etc., to transmit torque. 4. a thin strip of material inserted into the edges of two boards, acoustic tiles, etc., to make a butt joint between them; feather. [1750–60; orig. East Anglian dial.; perhaps akin to splint]

spline

Past participle: splined
Gerund: splining

Imperative
spline
spline

Present
I spline
you spline
he/she/it splines
we spline
you spline
they spline

Preterite
I splined
you splined
he/she/it splined
we splined
you splined
they splined

Present Continuous
I am splining
you are splining
he/she/it is splining
we are splining
you are splining
they are splining

Present Perfect
I have splined
you have splined
he/she/it has splined
we have splined
you have splined
they have splined

Past Continuous
I was splining
you were splining
he/she/it was splining
we were splining
you were splining
they were splining

Past Perfect
I had splined
you had splined
he/she/it had splined
we had splined
you had splined
they had splined

Future
I will spline
you will spline
he/she/it will spline
we will spline
you will spline
they will spline

Future Perfect
I will have splined
you will have splined
he/she/it will have splined
we will have splined
you will have splined
they will have splined

Future Continuous
I will be splining
you will be splining
he/she/it will be splining
we will be splining
you will be splining
they will be splining

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been splining
you have been splining
he/she/it has been splining
we have been splining
you have been splining
they have been splining

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been splining
you will have been splining
he/she/it will have been splining
we will have been splining
you will have been splining
they will have been splining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been splining
you had been splining
he/she/it had been splining
we had been splining
you had been splining
they had been splining

Conditional
I would spline
you would spline
he/she/it would spline
we would spline
you would spline
they would spline

Past Conditional
I would have splined
you would have splined
he/she/it would have splined
we would have splined
you would have splined
they would have splined

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spline - a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved linesstrip - thin piece of wood or metal
	2.	spline - a thin strip (wood or metal) slatlath - a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticeworklouver, louvre, fin - one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rainsplat - a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chairstave, lag - one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucketstrip - thin piece of wood or metalVenetian blind - a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed

Translations

spline

[splīn] (design engineering) One of a number of equally spaced keys cut integral with a shaft, or similarly, keyways in a hubbed part; the mated pair permits the transmission of rotation or translatory motion along the axis of the shaft. (engineering) A strip of wood, metal, or plastic. (graphic arts) A flexible strip used in drawing curves. (mathematics) A function used to approximate a specified function on an interval, consisting of pieces which are defined uniquely on a set of subintervals, usually as polynomials or some other simple form, and which match up with each other and the prescribed function at the end points of the subintervals with a sufficiently high degree of accuracy.

Spline

A thin flat piece of wood used between two pieces of heavy subflooring, taking the place of a tongue-and-groove joint; also used as a means of stiffening a miter joint.

spline, false tongue, feather, slip feather, slip tongue

spline, 2

spline, 1 1. A long thin strip of wood or metal which is inserted in a slot formed by two members, each of which is grooved and butted against the other. 2. In a suspended acoustical ceiling, a strip of metal or hard fiber inserted in the slot between adjacent acoustical tiles which butt against each other, forming a concealed mechanical joint.

spline

In computer graphics, a smooth curve that runs through a series of given points. The term is often used to refer to any curve, because long before computers, a spline was a flat, pliable strip of wood or metal that was bent into a desired shape for drawing curves on paper. See Bezier and B-spline.

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Synonyms for spline

noun a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines

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noun a thin strip (wood or metal)

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