digislate

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noun

A computer resembling a slate or tablet.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noundigislate (plural digislates)

plural digislates

  1. literatureA computer resembling a slate or tablet.

    I used to borrow one of the inventory digislates with general network access, then slip up here to research.

    2016, Tessa Elwood, Split the Sun
    1 more example

    I have us make maps of our territory on digislates we found in a waterlogged cellar at the bottom of a ravine, […]

    2014, Pierce Brown, Red Rising
  2. broadcastingA clapperboard with a digital display.

    A DigiSlate can be set to display either SMPTE or internal (real time) time code.

    2010, Richard W. Kroon, A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms, page 207
    1 more example

    A DigiSlate is a clapperboard with the ingenious addition of a digital timecode display (hours : minutes : seconds : frames).

    2003, Chris Jones, The Guerilla^([sic]) Film Makers Movie Blueprint, page 318

Origin

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APA

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“digislate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digislate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digislate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digislate.

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