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Showing words for SPLINE using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Spline

pensil, spinel, spline

5 Letter Words for Spline

elsin, insep, lenis, liens, lines, lipse, nelis, penis, piles, pines, pleis, plies, silen, sline, slipe, snipe, speil, spiel, spile, spine

4 Letter Words for Spline

epil, insp, ipse, isle, leis, lens, leps, lien, lies, line, lins, lipe, lips, lisp, neps, nies, nile, nils, nips, peni, pens, pien, pies, pile, pine, pins, pise, plie, seil, sepn, sien, sile, sine, sipe, slip, snip, spie, spin

3 Letter Words for Spline

eli, els, enl, ens, epi, esp, ile, ins, ipl, ips, ise, isl, isn, lei, lep, les, lie, lin, lip, lis, lpn, nei, nep, nie, nil, nip, nis, pel, pen, pes, pie, pil, pin, pis, pli, psi, sei, sel, sen, sep, sie, sil, sin, sip, sle, spl

Definitions for Spline

[1] a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
[2] a long, flexible strip of wood or the like, used in drawing curves.
[3] Machinery . any of a series of uniformly spaced ridges on a shaft, parallel to its axis and fitting inside corresponding grooves in the hub of a gear, etc., to transmit torque. feather key.
[4] Building Trades . a thin strip of material inserted into the edges of two boards, acoustic tiles, etc., to make a butt joint between them; a feather.
[5] Mathematics , Engineering . a function that has specified values at a finite number of points and consists of segments of polynomial functions joined smoothly at these points, enabling it to be used for approximation and interpolation of functions.
[6] to provide with a spline or key.
[7] to provide with a keyway.
[8] any one of a series of narrow keys (external splines ) formed longitudinally around the circumference of a shaft that fit into corresponding grooves (internal splines ) in a mating part: used to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
[9] a long narrow strip of wood, metal, etc; slat
[10] a thin narrow strip made of wood, metal, or plastic fitted into a groove in the edge of a board, tile, etc, to connect it to another
[11] (tr) to provide (a shaft, part, etc) with splines

Words nearby Spline

spleuchan, splice, splicer, splicing, spliff, spline, splint, splint bone, splinter, splinter group, splintery

Origin of Spline

1750–60; orig. East Anglian dial.; perhaps akin to splint; compare Old English splin spindle

Word origin for Spline

C18: East Anglian dialect; perhaps related to Old English splin spindle; see splint