spline

IPA(Pronunciation)

/splaɪn/

Noun

Long thin piece of metal or wood. / 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.

Japanese Meaning

長く細い金属または木材の一片 / 溝に嵌る形状の矩形部品で、片方が端方向に滑らかに移動できるが、両者は同時に回転するように機械的に連結されるもの

What is this buttons?

The carpenter tapped a spline into the joint to align the panels while gluing them together.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

大工は板を接着する際に、板を揃えるために継ぎ目に細長い木の棒を打ち込んだ。

Details

Sense（1）

Long thin piece of metal or wood.

Sense（2）

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.

Sense（3）

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.

Sense（4）

(mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.

Sense（5）

Sense（6）

(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.

splines

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