Slat vs Lat - What's the difference?
slat | lat |
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.
(aeronautical) A movable control surface at the leading edge of a wing that when moved, changes the chord line of the airfoil, affecting the angle of attack. Employed in conjunction with flaps to allow for a lower stall speed in the landing attitude, facilitating slow flight.
To construct or provide with slats.
To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
* Marston
(UK, dialect) To split; to crack.
To set on; to incite.
Lowest Astronomical Tide
Los Angeles Times
(US)Laboratory Animal Technician
As nouns the difference between slat and lat
is that slat is a thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal while lat is a Latvian coin and national monetary unit.As a verb slat
is to construct or provide with slats.As an initialism LAT is
lowest Astronomical Tide.slat
English
(wikipedia slat)Noun
(en noun)- slats of a window blind
Verb
- "How did you kill him?" "Slatted his brains out."
- (Halliwell)