1. spline - Noun
2. spline - Verb
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.
A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA fundamental theorem states that every spline function of a given degree, smoothness, and domain partition, can be uniquely represented as a linear combination of B-splines of that same degree and smoothness, and over that same partition. Source: Internet
A spline is a rubber coated articulated metal that can be manually bent to most curves. Source: Internet
Once the propeller is removed, the splined tube can be cut away with a grinder and a new spline bushing is then required. Source: Internet
Some derivatives of the spline function may also be continuous, depending on whether the knots are distinct or not. Source: Internet
For instance, the natural cubic spline is piecewise cubic and twice continuously differentiable. Source: Internet
ServoBlocks increase a servo’s load-bearing capabilities by helping to isolate the lateral load from the servo spline and case. Source: Internet