slatlike

English

Etymology

From slat +‎ -like.

Adjective

slatlike (comparative more slatlike, superlative most slatlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a slat.
   • 2002 December 20, Grace Glueck, “ART REVIEW; A Legendary Architect's 'Last Works'”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Five ferocious-looking slatlike bristles project from the arc's rounded edge at back, and midway down the straight front edge hangs a sort of cabin, its long overhang roof giving it the shape of a beak.

   • 2019 April 9, Jeff Wise, “6 Minutes of Terror: What Passengers and Crew Experienced Aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302”, in New York Magazine‎^[2]:

     One minute into the flight, the captain asks the first officer to raise the flaps — slatlike extensions that extend below the trailing edge of the wing to provide extra lift at low speeds — and he does so. As the flaps slide back under the wing, the plane is now in the state that MCAS was designed for.

Anagrams

• saltlike