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spline
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In computer graphics, a smooth curve that runs through a series of given points. The term is often used to refer to any curve, because long before computers, a spline was a flat, pliable strip of wood or metal that was bent into a desired shape for drawing curves on paper. See Bezier and B-spline.



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Overall for total and cardiovascular mortality, the spline curves are roughly linear, consistent with the absence of a threshold.
0 are editing features like the "Join" function, which connects line segments, bezier curves, and spline curves.
GIGOrganic is an advanced tool based on spline curves and surfaces which can be interactively controlled to model and animate skins and skeletons.
 
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