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Definition of Slatelike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slatelike
Literary usage of Slatelike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1894)
"... each field with its middle member comparatively blackish or greenish and
slatelike, with conglomerates and sandstones below, gray, brown and red, ..."
2. The Magnetite Deposits of the Eastern Mesabi Range, Minnesota by Frank Fitch Grout, Thomas Monteith Broderick (1919)
"SKETCH SHOWING DEFORMATION AND BREAKING OF A DENSE slatelike LAYER Amphiboles
and magnetite were formed, on deep burial of the formation. ..."
3. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"By 1989, a prototype slatelike device had been developed that measured 8.5 by 11
inches. However, the estimated cost had grown from an early target of $2500 ..."
4. Upper Peninsula, 1881-1844: Lower Peninsula, 1885-1893 by Michigan Geological Survey (1895)
"The schists above the diorite form well laminated, even and compact beds of
slatelike fissility; their colors are rather light, varying in all shades from ..."
5. Annual Report (new Series).: Volume I-XVI...1885-1904 by Geological Survey of Canada (1902)
"Dunite. section Microscopic described. ATLIN DISTRICT. less banded but is never
slatelike, the fracture or ..."
6. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"To cover with slate or a slatelike substance. 2. To register <;is on a slate,
subject to revision) for aii appointment. Pot it. ..."
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