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Definition of Oil slick
1. Noun. A thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Slick
Literary usage of Oil slick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy And Effects by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"Figure 2-5 (in Chapter 2) presents representative descriptions of the wide range
of slick thicknesses typical of an oil slick along with an approximation of ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... and the testing of their capability for automatic readout of oil slick thickness;
there are a number of indications that this application is feasible. ..."
3. New Words Self-defined by Charles Alphonso Smith (1919)
"oil slick Further, the submarine when running close beneath the surface leaves
what is known as an "oil slick." That is, the oil that is discharged in the ..."
4. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"If oil is used along the weather side of the wreck, the boat will have an oil-slick,
in addition to the lee afforded by her own vessel; and if the rescuing ..."
5. Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Jemera Rone (2003)
"As the waters recede, oil slick would remain on the pastures and in the fishing
areas far and wide. Lundin should describe how it plans to handle such a ..."
6. Agricultural Biotechnology: Novel Products & New Partnerships by Jane B. Segelken (1998)
"... dissipated an oil slick from the Mega Borg in just seven hours, with portions
of the slick breaking up in just 30 minutes. The speed of this degradation ..."
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