a rectangular key fitting into grooves in the hub and shaft of a wheel, especially one formed integrally with the shaft which allows movement of the wheel on the shaft 齿条 ■a corresponding groove in a hub along which the key may slide 键槽
a slat 板条 ■a flexible wood or rubber strip used especially in drawing large curves 曲线尺
(亦作 spline curve)(Mathematics)a continuous curve constructed so as to pass through a given set of points and have a certain number of continuous derivatives (数)云形规
verb
[with obj.]secure (a part) by means of a spline 用齿条固定 ■[usu. as adj. splined]fit with a spline 安装齿条 splined freewheels. 装了齿条的飞轮。
语源
mid 18th cent. (originally East Anglian dialect): perhaps related to splinter