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B-spline

B-spline is the abbreviation of basis spline.

Meaning of basis spline

Noun

basis spline (plural basis splines)

  1. A spline function that has minimal support with respect to a given degree, smoothness, and domain partition. Any spline function of given degree can be expressed as a linear combination of basis splines of that degree.
    • Basis splines can be used for curve-fitting and numerical differentiation of experimental data, and for shaping curves in computer-aided design.
    Synonyms:
    B-spline

Forms of B-spline

pluralB-splines

Questions about B-spline

What is B-spline the abbreviation of?
B-spline is the abbreviation of basis spline.

Words near B-spline in the dictionary

  1. B-sheaves
  2. B-side
  3. B-sider
  4. B-siders
  5. B-sides
  6. B-spline
  7. B-splines
  8. B-stage
  9. B-stages
  10. B-stories
  11. B-story

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