spline

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Long thin piece of metal or wood.
2. A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
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 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.
6. 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.

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.

Conceptos

ranura

spline

Sinónimos

slat

crease

furrow

glyph

gore

gouge

gullet

gusset

key

🔑

peg

piton

quoin

rill

shim

stria

transect

wedge

coigne

coign

tooth space

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/splaɪn/

Etimología (Inglés)

Mid-1700s East Anglian dialect. Origin uncertain but perhaps from Old Danish splind or North Frisian splinj and ultimately related to the root of splinter.