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- 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, 键槽条。
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- a corresponding groove in a hub along which the key may slide键槽。
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- a slat板条。
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- a flexible wood or rubber strip used especially in drawing large curves曲线尺。
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- （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】样条曲线。
with obj.
1- secure (a part) by means of a spline用齿条固定。
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- usu. as adj. splined fit with a spline安装齿条：
splined freewheels.
装了齿条的飞轮。
词源
mid 18th cent. (originally East Anglian dialect)： perhaps related to SPLINTER.