spline

Etymology
Mid-1700s East Anglian dialect. Origin uncertain but perhaps from or  and ultimately related to the root of.

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.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Bulgarian: кривка
 * Finnish: käyräviivain
 * French:
 * German: Straklatte
 * Norwegian: rilinjal
 * Portuguese: régua-cobra, régua flexível
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: сплайн, изглаждаща функция
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Spline, Polynomzug
 * Norwegian: rikurve, rifunksjon
 * Portuguese: spline
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, rifunktion, ri-funktion


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:, , poori
 * Maori: raumoa, raumoa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: boss
 * Portuguese:

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.
 * 1)  To fasten to or together with a spline.