slice (redirected from slicing off)

slice

1. any of various utensils having a broad flat blade and resembling a spatula

2. in golf, tennis, etc.

a. the flight of a ball that travels obliquely because it has been struck off centre

b. the action of hitting such a shot

c. the shot so hit

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slice [slīs]

(geology)

An arbitrary section of some uniform standard, such as thickness of a stratigraphic unit that is otherwise indivisible for purposes of analytic study.

(mining engineering)

A thin broad piece cut off, as a portion of ore cut from a pillar or face.

To remove ore by successive slices.