| 释义 |
spline
I. \ˈsplīn\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : a thin wood, metal, or plastic strip : slat: as
a. : a loose tongue between two pieces of heavy subflooring used in place of a tongue-and-groove joint
b. : a flexible strip used as a guide in drawing curved lines
2. : feather key; also : a keyway for a feather key
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to cut a keyway in for a feather key : slot
< a splined shaft >
2. : to attach or couple by means of a spline
< an exterior of cedar logs splined together — American Builder >
< shell and sleeve assembly splined to the armature shaft — Joseph Heitner >
III. noun
also spline function
: a function that is defined on an interval, is used to approximate a given function, and is composed of pieces of simple functions defined on subintervals and joined at their endpoints with a suitable degree of smoothness |