Noun

(en noun)

(dated, fandom slang) A fan of science fiction.

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, year = 1944 , first = John Bristol , last = Speer , authorlink = Jack Speer , title = Fancyclopedia , url = http://fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Fancyclopedia/Fancyclopedia_I/f1.html , chapter = F - Fascism , isbn = , page = , passage = The idea of a national government, covering all the slan race and nobody else, is seen in the many drives for a general fan organization. }}

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, year = 1950 , date = September , author = Charles Stuart Metchette , title = Michigan Memories , magazine = Spacewarp , url = http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp42-72.html , issue = 42 , page = 72–77 , passage = Here, at least once a month, the slans from Michigan gathered for sneak previews of forthcoming WARPS, to criticise some Rappian manuscript which Art was polishing for pro submission, or to talk about various subjects as fans are wont to do, and drink beer, pop, consume beans, dogs, chips, or eclairs. }}

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, year = 1955 , first = Arthur , last = Koestler , authorlink = Arthur Koestler , title = The Trail of the Dinosaur and Other Essays , isbn = , page = 143 , passage = gather in clubhouses called slanshacks, "slan " meaning a biologically mutated superman. }}

Noun

(en noun)

A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.

slats of a window blind

(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.