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Slat meaning
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic. | A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed. | A ski.
Example sentences (20)
He then approached the building, reached into a broken window, and took a piece of a shutter slat.
Maks's attention to detail even extended to wrapping bananas in the fruit bowl, each kitchen knife and every slat on the dining room chairs.
Despite the steps that still need to be taken, Slat says he's optimistic about getting the patch cleaned up.
Scott says, “For bed frames with slats, we recommend each slat is 3 inches apart.
Barr says we need BARRIER and SLAT and WALL.
Boeing said it reached out to airlines that fly 737 planes, advising them to inspect their slat track assemblies on Max and NG aircraft.
Slat that his structure is 10 times further away from land than the world's most remote oil rig, subject to battering waves and storms.
Young Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, on screen left, unveils the Interceptor in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019.
But he said he was willing to accept a steel slat barrier instead of the continuous concrete wall that was the central promise of his 2016 campaign.
Founded in 2013 by a Dutch-born investor, Boyan Slat, the ocean cleanup project has received over $31.5 million in a donation.
George Leonard, chief scientist of the Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, said he’s skeptical Slat can achieve that goal because even if plastic trash can be taken out of the ocean, a lot more is pouring in each year.
It has been in place since the end of October, Slat said.
It’s still going to be there in ten years,” CNN quoted 24-year-old Ocean Cleanup founder and CEO Boyan Slat as saying on Monday.
Ocean Cleanup CEO Boyan Slat won in 2014, while scientist-explorer Bertrand Piccard, and developer of Earth Brian McClendon won the award in 2013.
The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch organization started by a young entrepreneur named Boyan Slat, wants to launch a somewhat controversial effort to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and has conducted research about the scale of the problem.
A juniper or incense-cedar plank with several long parallel grooves is cut to fashion a "slat," and the graphite/clay strings are inserted into the grooves.
Armor upgrades include reactive armor on the sides of the tank and slat armor (similar to that on the Stryker ) on the rear to protect against rocket-propelled grenades and other shaped charge warheads.
Particularly for vehicles that are designed to be transported by cargo aircraft, slat armor has to be fitted in field after deployment.
Slat armor is lighter and as such can be added to many vehicles after construction but still adds both bulk and weight.
Sometimes a long diagonal slat or two are also implemented to prevent the door from skewing.