What is a Slot?
A narrow depression, perforation, notch, or aperture, especially one for receiving something, as a coin or a letter. Also, the period of time in a schedule or sequence that such a hole occupies. He slotted the ring into the box. The new show got the top slot on the schedule.
In the USA, a slot (plural slots) is the position on a pay table in a video poker machine that indicates how many coins or credits you will win for each combination of symbols on a winning spin. This information is shown on the machine’s display. A slot is a rectangular opening into which coins are inserted. It may be recessed or flush with the surface of the machine’s cabinet, depending on the model and manufacturer.
From Middle English slit, scoot, sloot, from Old Norse slod (“track”). Also used as a verb meaning to move into or fit something into a slot or gap: She jammed the door handle into the slot. The car fit into the parking space with ease. He slotted the key into the lock.
A T-slot table offers an extended working area for your universal testing system to secure components and structures that can’t be held with standard grips. It is equipped with T-slots that run front-to-back, side-to-side, and diagonally. Commercially available T-slot nuts are slid into these slots and bolted into place, allowing you to securely attach specimen guides, stops, and slides.
In ornithology, the name for a notch in the bill of a bird, such as a kingfisher or pelican. A similar notch in the beak of a seabird is called a gill slit. The slot is usually a conspicuous, distinctive mark that distinguishes the species from other closely related ones. The term is also sometimes applied to the notch in the wing of some bats. A corresponding opening in the skull of insects is known as a pierced pore. A passage through the bone, or cranium, that provides this opening is also called a bone slot.
