spline

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
    a thin strip (wood or metal)

Word Origin

spline (n.)
long, thin piece of wood or metal, 1756, from East Anglian dialect, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from older Danish splind or North Frisian splinj. Especially one fitted into a groove on a wheel and a shaft to keep them revolving together (1864).

Example

1. To do that click on thedraw a freehand spline icon and selectrectangle .
2. Spline convolution for resolving overlapped voltammetric peaks .
3. Rectangle spline broaches grading of product quality .
4. Considering that some bonds in domestic market are inaccurately priced , we proposed a robust spline model to fit the term structure of interest rate in our bonds market .

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