Spline vs. Splice

Splinenoun

Long thin piece of metal or wood.

Splicenoun

(nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.

Splinenoun

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.

Splicenoun

(electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.

Splinenoun

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.

Splicenoun

(cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.

Splinenoun

Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points. Category:en:Curves

Splicenoun

Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.

Splinenoun

(woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.

Splicenoun

(genetics) The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.

Splinenoun

(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.

Spliceverb

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.

Splineverb

To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.

Spliceverb

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.

Splineverb

(engineering) To fit with a spline.

Spliceverb

(slang) To unite in marriage.

Splineverb

(engineering) To fasten to or together with a spline.

Spliceverb

(figuratively) To unite as if splicing.

‘He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.’;

Splinenoun

A rectangular piece fitting 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 feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.

Spliceverb

(genetics) To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.

Splinenoun

A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.

Spliceverb

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.

Splinenoun

a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines

Spliceverb

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.

Splinenoun

a thin strip (wood or metal)

Spliceverb

To unite in marriage.

Splicenoun

A junction or joining made by splicing.

Splicenoun

a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together;

‘the break was due to an imperfect splice’;

Splicenoun

joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together

Spliceverb

join the ends of;

‘splice film’;

Spliceverb

perform a marriage ceremony;

‘The minister married us on Saturday’; ‘We were wed the following week’; ‘The couple got spliced on Hawaii’;

Spliceverb

join together so as to form new genetic combinations;

‘splice genes’;

Spliceverb

join by interweaving strands;

‘Splice the wires’;