slatlike

comparative more slatlike · superlative most slatlike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a slat.

   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.

   2002 December 20, Grace Glueck, “ART REVIEW; A Legendary Architect's 'Last Works'”, in The New York Times

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   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.

   2019 September 4, Jeff Wise, “6 Minutes of Terror: What Passengers and Crew Experienced Aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302”, in New York Magazine