Term: spline: a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
Candidate hypernym: strip: thin piece of wood or metal → 1
Candidate hypernym: world record: the best record in the whole world → 0
Candidate hypernym: pledge: a deposit of personal property as security for a debt → 0
Candidate hypernym: loop gain: (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input → 0
Candidate hypernym: agnatha: superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms → 0
Candidate hypernym: weeping beech: variety of European beech with pendulous limbs → 0
Candidate hypernym: intensive care unit: a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethical motive: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong → 0
Candidate hypernym: arctostaphylos: bearberry; manzanita → 0
Candidate hypernym: posteriority: following in time → 0
Candidate hypernym: kaph: the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet → 0