different between serration vs spline

English

Noun

serration (countable and uncountable, plural serrations)

1. (uncountable) The state of being serrated.
2. (countable) A set of teeth or notches.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 74):

     On reaching the outer reef I was startled at the sight of the gigantic combers roaring along the serrations and knife-edges of coral, but Benny was not in the least alarmed.

3. (countable) One of the teeth in a serrated or serrate edge.

Translations

Anagrams

• Torresian, errations, rationers

English

Etymology

Mid-1700s East Anglian dialect. Origin uncertain but perhaps from Old Danish splind or North Frisian splinj and ultimately related to the root of splinter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spla?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

spline (plural splines)

1. Long thin piece of metal or wood. [from the mid 18th c]
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.
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.
4. (mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
5. (woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
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.

Coordinate terms

• (woodworking): biscuit, dowel, glue strip, finger joint

Derived terms

• B-spline
• cubic spline
• splined

Translations

Verb

spline (third-person singular simple present splines, present participle splining, simple past and past participle splined)

1. (mathematics, computing) To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
2. (engineering) To fit with a spline.
3. (engineering) To fasten to or together with a spline.

See also

• French curve

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Esplin, L-spine, Pilsen, pinsel, spinel