| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes |
branchial cleft
,
gill cleft
,
gill slit
|
| optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam |
collimator
|
| small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer |
diskette
,
floppy
,
floppy disk
|
| (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes |
fissure
|
| slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing |
jag
|
| dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
letter opener
,
paperknife
,
paper knife
|
| spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer |
mass spectrometer
,
spectrometer
|
| opening or slit in clothing |
placket
|
| blanketlike cloak having a slit in the middle for placing it over the head |
poncho
|
| light medieval helmet with a slit for vision |
sallade
,
sallet
|
| seed to speed germination, slit |
scarify
|
| slit open with sweeping cuts |
slash
|
| pocket in a garment (usually below the waist) to which access is provided by a vertical or diagonal slit in the outside of the garment |
slash pocket
|
| small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail) |
slot
|
| page not slit or trimmed |
uncut
|
| slit or hole in something |
vent
|
| slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket) |
vent
|
