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slick
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slick

See SLC.


slick
1. a chisel or other tool used for smoothing or polishing a surface
2. the tyre of a racing car that has worn treads

slick [slik]
(oceanography)
Area in which capillary waves are absent or suppressed.


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The cotton gauze tape breathes and slicks only to itself, not to skin, hair, or clothing, which means it's painless on removal and doesn't leave residue.
They also poured out cod-liver oil and unscented and DMS-scented vegetable oil, which formed slicks on the water.
The results showed that 108 oil slicks were identified over the offshore concession area.
 
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