Slotting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slotting \Slot"ting\, n.
     The act or process of making slots, or mortises.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  slot
       n 1: a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which
            a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he
            developed a version of slot grammar"
       2: a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail);
          "he put a quarter in the slot"
       3: a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has
          a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot" [syn: {time
          slot}]
       4: a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan
          occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some
          tough competition for the number one slot"
       5: the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the
          deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
       6: (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a
          plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for
          additional memory" [syn: {expansion slot}]
       7: a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours
          and hours just playing the slots" [syn: {one-armed bandit}]
       v : assign a time slot; "slot a television programs"
       [also: {slotting}, {slotted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slotting
       See {slot}