Spline may refer to:
Mathematics
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Spline (mathematics)
In mathematics, a spline is a function defined piecewise by polynomials.
In interpolating problems, spline interpolation is often preferred to polynomial interpolation because it yields similar results, even when using low degree polynomia ...
, a mathematical function used for interpolation or smoothing
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Spline interpolation
In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, spline interpolation is a form of interpolation where the interpolant is a special type of piecewise polynomial called a spline. That is, instead of fitting a single, high-degree polynomial to all ...
, a type of interpolation
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Smoothing spline, a method of smoothing using a spline function
Devices
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Spline (mechanical)
A spline is a ridge or tooth
on a drive shaft that matches with a groove in a mating piece and transfers torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.
For instance, a gear mounted on a shaft might use a male spline on the ...
, a mating feature for rotating elements
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Flat spline
A spline consists of a long strip fixed in position at a number of points whose tension creates a smooth curve passing through those points, for the purpose of transferring that curve to another material.
Before computers were used for creating ...
, a device to draw curves
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Spline drive, a type of screw drive
* Spline cord, a type of thin rubber cord used to secure a
window screen
A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal, fibreglass, plastic wire, or other pieces of plastic an ...
to its frame
* Spline (or
star filler
A star filler (also known as cross filler, splines, separators and crossweb fillers) is a type of plastic insert in Cat 5 and Cat 6 cable which separates the individual stranded pair sets from each other while inside of the cable. It increases th ...
), a type of plastic cable filler for CAT cable
Other
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Spline (alien beings), in Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence novels
See also
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