One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings. / Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.

plural of slater

A surname originating as an occupation. / An unincorporated community in Moffat County and Routt County, Colorado. / A city in Story County, Iowa.

plural of sea slater

Ligia oceanica, a littoral woodlouse.

plural of Bethe-Slater curve

A chart showing the exchange energy for transition metals as a function of the ratio of the interatomic distance to the radius of the electron shell. It illustrates why certain metals are ferromagnetic and others are antiferromagnetic.

A village in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States.