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    4/12/24, 6:24 PM Tine (structural) - Wikipedia

    Tine (structural)
    Tines (/ˈtaɪnz/; also spelled tynes), prongs or teeth are parallel
    or branching spikes forming parts of a tool or natural object.[1]
    They are used to spear, hook, move or otherwise act on other
    objects. They may be made of wood, bone, metal, or similar
    materials.

    The number of tines on tools varies widely – a pitchfork may have


    just two, a garden fork may have four, and a rake or harrow many.
    Tines may be blunt, such as those on a fork used as an eating
    utensil; or sharp, as on a pitchfork; or even barbed, as on a trident.
    The terms tine and prong are mostly interchangeable. A tooth of a
    comb is a tine. The term is also used on musical instruments such
    as the Jew's harp, tuning fork, guitaret, electric piano, music box
    or mbira which contain long protruding metal spikes ("tines")
    which are plucked to produce notes.
    A three-tined pitchfork
    Tines and prongs occur in nature—for example, forming the
    branched bony antlers of deer or the forked horns of pronghorn
    antelopes. The term tine is also used for mountains, such as the fictional Silvertine in The Lord of the
    Rings.

    In chaos theory (physics, non-linear dynamics), the branches of a bifurcation diagram are called tines
    and subtines.

    References
    1. "Tine, n. 1" (https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?q=Tine%2C+n.+1). Oxford English Dictionary
    (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership (https://ww
    w.oed.com/public/login/loggingin#withyourlibrary) required.)

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