Definition of Slotting

1. n. The act or process of making slots, or mortises.

Definition of Slotting

1. Verb. (present participle of slot) ¹

2. Noun. allocation to a slot ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slotting

1. slot [v] - See also: slot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slotting

slothfulness
slothfulnesses
slothhound
slothing
slothlike
sloths
slotless
slotlike
slots
slottable
slotted
slotted attachment
slotten
slotter
slotters
slotting (current term)
slotting machine
slotting machines
slottings
slouch
slouch hat
slouched
sloucher
slouchers
slouches
slouchier
slouchiest
slouchily
slouchiness
slouchinesses

Literary usage of Slotting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"The slotting machine is a variety of planing machine, and is used for ... In slotting, the tools are in most cases held rigidly, and do not swing from a ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"THE slotting MACHINE. 26. Characteristic Features of the slotting Machine.—The slotting machine is a modification of the shaper and is similar to it in many ..."

3. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"slotting MACHINES, METAL. Newton» Hack-driver slotting Machine.—Fig. 1, shows a new slotting machine built by the Newton Machine Tool Works, of Philadelphia ..."

4. Machine-shop Tools and Methods by William Samuel Leonard (1908)
"CHAPTER XXIV slotting-MACHINES AND THE WORK TO WHICH THEY ARE ADAPTED General Description of ... The slotting-machine is similar in principle to the shaper. ..."

5. Automatic Screw Machines: A Treatise on the Construction, Design, and by Douglas Thomas Hamilton, Franklin Day Jones (1916)
"Screw slotting Attachments. — The screw slotting attachment is used for milling a screw-driver slot across the head of a screw, after the latter has been ..."

6. A Manual of Machinery and Millwork by William John Macquorn Rankine (1893)
"... such as key-ways and slots, the slotting-MACHINE is used. In this machine the tool-holder or cutter-bar usually slides vertically in a guiding groove in ..."

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