SPLINE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.


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