1. A flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
   "The architect used a spline to create smooth curves in the building's design"
    
2. A thin strip of wood or metal
   "The venetian blinds were made of horizontal splines";
   - slat
    
3. (mathematics) a continuous curve that goes through a set of given points; used for interpolation and curve fitting
   "The engineer used splines to model the smooth surface of the car body"

1. Fit a spline
   "The engineer splined the data points to create a smooth curve"

Derived forms: splines, splined, splining

Type of: strip

Part of: Venetian blind, vertical blind

Encyclopedia: Spline