slat
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -æt
[edit] Noun
slat (plural slats)
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.
- slats of a window blind
- (aeronautical) A moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing that when moved, changes the chord line of the airfoil, affecting the angle of attack. Employed in conjunction with flaps to allow for a lower stall speed in the landing attitude, facilitating slow flight.
[edit] Translations
aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing
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[edit] Verb
slat (third-person singular simple present slats, present participle slatting, simple past and past participle slatted)
- To construct or provide with slats.
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[edit] Irish
[edit] Noun
slat f.
- rod, slender stick
- cane, switch
- wand
- slender bar, rod
- rail
- sapling, slip, scion
- (anatomy) penis
- (measurement) yard
- (plural) outskirts
[edit] Declension
- Second declension
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Forms with the definite article
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| slat | shlat after "an", tslat |
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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[edit] Old English
[edit] Verb
slāt
- Preterite of slitan
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Noun
slat f. (genitive slait or slaite, plural slatan)
