Each star displays a number. The youth or adult member combines stars to show his or her years of service. For example, a boy who was a Cub Scout for four years and a Boy Scout for six years would wear a four-year service star on a gold backing and a six-year service star on a green backing.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: In structural geology, a syncline is a fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure. A synclinorium is a large syncline with superimposed smaller folds. Synclines are typically a downward fold, termed a synformal syncline; but synclines that point upwards, or perched, can be found when strata have been overturned and folded.
Definition of spline. 1 : a thin wood or metal strip used in building construction. 2 : a key that is fixed to one of two connected mechanical parts and fits into a keyway in the other; also : a keyway for such a key.