slat, spline
(noun) a thin strip (wood or metal)
spline
(noun) a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spline (plural splines)
Long thin piece of metal or wood. [from the mid 18th c]
A rectangular piece that fits 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 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.
(mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
(woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
(mechanics) Ridges or teeth on a drive shaft that mesh with grooves in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.
• (woodworking): biscuit, dowel, glue strip, finger joint
spline (third-person singular simple present splines, present participle splining, simple past and past participle splined)
(mathematics, computing) To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
(engineering) To fit with a spline.
(engineering) To fasten to or together with a spline.
• Esplin, L-spine, Pilsen, pinsel, spinel
Source: Wiktionary
Spline, n.
1. 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. A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2024
(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
