Slat, slats, or SLAT may refer to: *

Slat (aircraft) Slats are aerodynamic surfaces on the leading edge of the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft which, when deployed, allow the wing to operate at a higher angle of attack. A higher coefficient of lift is produced as a result of angle of attack and speed, ...

, aerodynamic surfaces on the leading edge of the wings of fixed-wing aircraft * a

Lath A lath or slat is a thin, narrow strip of straight-wood grain, grained wood used under roof shingles or tiles, on lath and plaster walls and ceilings to hold plaster, and in Latticework, lattice and Trellis (architecture), trellis work. ''Lath ...

, a narrow strip of straight-grained wood used under roof shingles or tiles * Vertical or horizontal pieces of a

window blind A window blind is a type of window covering. There are many different kinds of window blinds which use a variety of control systems. A typical window blind is made up of several long horizontal or vertical slats of various types of hard mate ...

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Slats Jordan Clarence Veasey (Slats) Jordan (September 27, 1878 to December 7, 1953) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder. Jordan played for the Baltimore Orioles (1901–02), Baltimore Orioles in and . Jordan played in one game in each s ...

(1878–1953), Major League Baseball third baseman and outfielder *

Slats Gill Amory Tingle "Slats" Gill (May 1, 1901 – April 5, 1966) was an American college basketball coach, the head coach at Oregon State University in Corvallis for 36 seasons. As a player, Gill was twice named to the All- Pacific Coast Conference bask ...

(1901–1966), American basketball and baseball head coach at Oregon State University *

Glenn Hardin Glenn Foster "Slats" Hardin (July 1, 1910 – March 6, 1975) was an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Derma, Mississippi, Glenn Hardin was the world's dominant 400 m hurdler in the 1930s and was e ...

(1910–1975), American hurdler, 1936 Olympic gold medalist * Slats Long (1906–1964), American jazz clarinetist *

Max Zaslofsky Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was first-team All- NBA in the league's first four seasons. In the 1947–48 BAA season, at 21 years of age, he led the BAA ...

(1925–1985), American National Basketball Association player and American Basketball Association coach *

Glen Sather Glen Cameron “Slats” Sather (born September 2, 1943) is a Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive. He is the current senior advisor and alternate governor of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the Rangers ...

(born 1943), Canadian National Hockey League team president and former coach and general manager *

Michael Slater Michael Jonathon Slater (born 21 February 1970) is an Australian former professional cricketer and former television presenter. He played in 74 Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for the Australia national cricket team. Early life S ...

(born 1970), Australian television presenter and former cricketer *

Boyan Slat Boyan Slat (born 27 July 1994) is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur. A former aerospace engineering student, he is the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup. Initial interest in plastic pollution In 2011, aged 16, Slat found more plastic than fish while div ...

(born 1994), Dutch inventor, entrepreneur and engineering student

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* A character in the American comic strip '' Abbie an' Slats'' * Slats Grobnik, a character created by American newspaper columnist Mike Royko * Slats (1919–1936), a lion that appeared as the Leo the Lion mascot of

MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ...

movie studio, used on black-and-white silent movies from 1924 to 1928. * ''Slat'', a work by American minimalist sculptor

Richard Serra Richard Serra (born November 2, 1938) is an American artist known for his large-scale sculptures made for site-specific landscape, Urban area, urban, and Architecture, architectural settings. Serra's sculptures are notable for their material q ...

(born 1939) * Slats Slats Slats, a song by

Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ and music producer. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he joined the post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead si ...

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AQM-127 SLAT The AQM-127 Supersonic Low-Altitude Target (SLAT) was a target drone developed during the 1980s by Martin Marietta for use by the United States Navy. Derived from Martin Marietta's work on the cancelled ASALM missile, SLAT proved to have severe d ...

(Supersonic Low-Altitude Target), a United States Navy target drone * ''Systeme de Lutte Anti-Torpille'', a naval anti-torpedo system; see for example FREMM multipurpose frigate *

Second Level Address Translation Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), also known as nested paging, is a hardware-assisted virtualization technology which makes it possible to avoid the overhead associated with software-managed shadow page tables. AMD has supported SLAT thro ...

, a computer technology * Software Liberty Association of Taiwan, a member of the

Free Standards Group The Free Standards Group was an industry non-profit consortium chartered to primarily specify and drive the adoption of open source standards. It was founded on May 8, 2000. All standards developed by the Free Standards Group (FSG) were released ...

* Super Low Altitude Test Satellite, a JAXA satellite

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* Slat, Kentucky, United States, an unincorporated community * A rarely used alternate name for a slash (/)

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