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Slotting

Slotting \Slot"ting\, n. The act or process of making slots, or mortises.

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slotting

n. allocation to a slot vb. (present participle of slot English)

WordNet
slot
  1. n. a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar"

  2. a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); "he put a quarter in the slot"

  3. a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot" [syn: time slot]

  4. a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot"

  5. the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"

  6. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory" [syn: expansion slot]

  7. a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots" [syn: one-armed bandit]

  8. v. assign a time slot; "slot a television programs"

  9. [also: slotting, slotted]

slotting

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Usage examples of "slotting".

Someone was hammering a wooden mallet, and there was the creak of oars and the slotting of rigging as the dhows rolled gently at anchor.

Gewurztraminer, slotting it into the quick chiller sleeve that lurked in his deepfreeze.

I climbed to the roof with powerful beats, increasing my angle of attack and slotting my alulae for lift without burble -- climbing at an angle that would stall most fliers.

This was the ease with the self-acting mule, the wool-combing machine, the planing machine, the slotting machine, Nasmyth's steam arm, and many others.

In six blocks I came up on the Hillman again and this time overtook it, slotting in behind the Jensen and noting the ash-blonde Peter Pan head that never turned to look sideways, the occasional glint of emerald below her ear, the way her eyes flicked obliquely upwards at the mirror and down again, once the flash of a gold lighter, her movements deft and her driving calculated as we ran into Harcourt Road and bore left along Cotton Tree Drive.

Khone said as its tiny manipulators drew thin wooden rods from a pouch strapped to its middle and began slotting them together.

Indeed much of the work now executed by means of special tools, such as the planing or slotting machine, was then done in the lathe, which was used as a cutter-shaping machine, fitted with various appliances according to the work.

The toolbit, as tall as a man, of one slotting machine seemed to require regular replacement from a magazine after it worked on one of the hexagons, but the other tools did not noticeably lose their edges.

Matt saw him grip the Nagan by the barrel with his right hand and slam the squat stock down on top of the waiting clip, then flip the gun a hundred and eighty degrees with a flick of the wrist, simultaneously grabbing the slide with his left, slotting the first round into the breech.

Now, as he dressed quickly in the twilight chill, he found himself engaged in slotting pieces of information like tesserae within his mind to make a picture.