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Rarespline
The correct spelling is spline.
How to pronounce spline
noun
IPA: /splaɪn/
Say it like: Spl-ine
The correct spelling is spline. Long thin piece of metal or wood.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Long thin piece of metal or wood.
- 2.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.
- 3.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.
- 4.Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
- 5.A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
verb
- 1.To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
- 2.To fit with a spline.
- 3.To fasten to or together with a spline.
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