slit
verb (used with object)
to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
slitlike
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a word derived from
slit.
Example Sentences
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The NIRSpec has an innovative mask with nearly 250,000 slitlike microshutters, each about the width of a human hair, that operators can open to let light through at specific locations.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 11, 2021
The Clarity FC is a four-door sedan and is the same size as a Honda Accord, but it features more futuristic touches including slitlike headlamps, a sloping roofline and angular taillamps.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2017
Harry could tell that Voldemort had not expected Dumbledore to know this name; he saw Voldemort’s eyes flash red again and the slitlike nostrils flare.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Ten days old: All young of this age have their eyes open, but not to their fullest extent, and the eyes are still slitlike in appearance.
From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.
Shape of the infraorbital foramen.—In the subgenus Eutamias and in the genus Tamias the infraorbital foramen is rounded, whereas in most species of the subgenus Neotamias the foramen is slitlike.
From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by White, John A.
