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Spline   Listen
noun
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.
2.
A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.





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"Spline" Quotes from Famous Books



... :What's a spline?: [XEROX PARC] This phrase expands to: "You have just used a term that I've heard for a year and a half, and I feel I should know, but don't. My curiosity has finally overcome my guilt." The PARC lexicon adds "Moral: don't hesitate to ask questions, ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


Words linked to "Spline" :   lath, strip, louver, slat, stave, lag


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