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Slot·ting n. The act or process of making slots, or mortises.
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slot
n 1: 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]
v : assign a time slot; "slot a television programs"
[also: slotting, slotted]