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slot

(1) A receptacle for additional printed circuit boards.

(2) A receptacle for inserting and removing a disk or tape cartridge.

(3) In communications, a narrow band of frequencies. See time slot.

(4) May refer to reserved space for temporary or permanent storage of instructions, data or codes.

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slot¹

1. an air passage in an aerofoil to direct air from the lower to the upper surface, esp the gap formed behind a slat

2. a vertical opening between the leech of a foresail and a mast or the luff of another sail through which air spills from one against the other to impart forward motion

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slot²

the trail of an animal, esp a deer

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slot [slät]

(aerospace engineering)

An air gap between a wing and the length of a slat or certain other auxiliary airfoils, the gap providing space for airflow or room for the auxiliary airfoil to be depressed in such a manner as to make for smooth air passage on the surface.

Any of certain narrow apertures made through a wing to improve aerodynamic characteristics.

(computer science)

A punched-out area of a hand-sorted card to connect two or more guide holes; slots can be extended to the outside edge with notches.

(design engineering)

A narrow, vertical opening.

(electricity)

One of the conductor-holding grooves in the face of the rotor or stator of an electric rotating machine.

(mining engineering)

To hole; to undercut or channel.