spline
noun
/splaɪn/
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- (woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
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chaveta,
cunha
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estria
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- 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.
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régua flexível,
régua-cobra,
spline
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- (mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
- (mechanics) A ridge or tooth on a drive shaft that meshes with a corresponding groove in a mating piece and transfers torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between the pieces; either the ridge or the groove, as part of a set of both (splines); the whole set of ridges and grooves.
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spline
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