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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



... thickness, to reduce the thickness 1/4 in. by chipping, and then finishing with the file; 2, to file a round hole square; 3, to file a round hole into elliptical; 4, given a 3 in. cube of wrought iron, to cut a spline 3 in. by 3/8 in. by 1/4 in., and second, when the under side is a one half round hollow—these two cuts involve the use of the cope chisel and the round nose chisel, and are examples of very difficult chipping; ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 • Various
... hard at the carpet in a distant corner of the room, then walked across and picked up a spline broken from a bass broom; brought it back to the hearth-rug; examined it with minute attention; then put one end between his teeth and began ...
— The Rosary • Florence L. Barclay


Words linked to "Spline" :   stave, lath, Venetian blind, lag, louvre, splat


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