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slitlet

slitlet noun: a small slit.

Noun

slitlet (plural slitlets)

  1. A small slit.
    • However, one needs also equally accurate mapping of the on-sky astrophysical coordinates of the objects to the laser driller coordinates to get all slitlets at the corrected positions, […]2017, Roland Bacon, Optical 3D-Spectroscopy for Astronomy, page 69

Forms of slitlet

pluralslitlets

Origin of slitlet

From slit + -let.

Questions about slitlet

What does slitlet mean?
Slitlet means a small slit.
What part of speech is slitlet?
Slitlet is a noun.
What is the plural of slitlet?
The plural of slitlet is slitlets.

Words near slitlet in the dictionary

  1. slithy
  2. sliting
  3. slitlamp
  4. slitlamps
  5. slitless
  6. slitlet
  7. slitlets
  8. slitlike
  9. slitmask
  10. slitmasks
  11. slitmouth

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