b-spline

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b-spline

In computer graphics, a curve that is generated using a mathematical formula that assures continuity with other b-splines. See spline and NURB.

b-spline [′bē‚splīn]

(computer science)

A curve that is generated by a computer-graphics program, guided by a mathematical formula which ensures that it will be continuous with other such curves; it is mathematically more complex but easier to blend than a Bézier curve.

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