Splice vs Spline - What's the difference?
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(nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
(electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
(cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
(slang) To unite in marriage.
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(figuratively) To unite as if splicing.
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.
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.
(mathematics, computing) To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
(engineering) To fit with a spline.
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(engineering) To fasten to or together with a spline.
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As nouns the difference between splice and spline
is that splice is a junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together while spline is long thin piece of metal or wood.As verbs the difference between splice and spline
is that splice is to unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope while spline is to smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.splice
English
(wikipedia splice)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bent on a splice * comma splice * cut splice * cunt splice * eye splice * splice tapeVerb
(splic)- But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes--it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced .
- He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.
