Splay vs. Chamfer

Splay vs. Chamfer — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Splay and Chamfer

Splayverb

To spread; spread out.

Chamfernoun

an obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges

Splayverb

To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.

Chamferverb

(transitive) to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel

Splayverb

To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc.

Chamferverb

(transitive) to cut a groove in something; to flute

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Splayverb

To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.

Chamfernoun

two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

Splayverb

To spay; to castrate.

Chamferverb

cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel;

bevel the surface

Splayadjective

Spread out; turned outward.

to sit splay-legged

Chamferverb

cut a furrow into a columns

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Splayadjective

Flat and ungainly.

splay shoulders

Splaynoun

A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

Splaynoun

an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger

Splayverb

spread open or apart;

He splayed his huge hands over the table

Splayverb

turn outward;

These birds can splay out their toesballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees

Splayverb

move out of position;

dislocate jointsthe artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically

Splayadjective

turned outward in an ungainly manner;

splay knees