slim hole

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slim hole [′slīm ‚hōl]

(engineering)

A drill hole of the smallest practicable size, drilled with less-than normal-diameter tools, used primarily as a seismic shothole and for structure tests and sometimes for stratigraphic tests.

(petroleum engineering)

A diamond-drill borehole having a diameter of 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) or less.

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