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Slotted line
A slotted line is a microwave measurement instrument whose movable probe, slid along a slotted transmission line, measures VSWR and impedance, tracing to Heinrich Hertz's 1888 experiments.
Slotting (warehouse management)
Slotting in warehouse management is the assignment of stock-keeping units to bin locations to minimize picking time and maximize accuracy; slotting optimization plans placement by demand, and re-slotting revises assignments as demand shifts.
Slouch hat
Slouch hat: broad-brimmed felt hat with one side turned up, official Australian Army headdress as Hat Khaki Fur Felt (KFF). Adopted 1885 by the Victorian Mounted Rifles, standardized 1903, associated with the puggaree, Rising Sun badge, and emu plumes.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem is Joan Didion's 1968 essay collection, her first nonfiction book, portraying 1960s California and America. Its title essay reports on Haight-Ashbury hippies, taking its title from Yeats's "The Second Coming."
Slough
Slough, England, is a Berkshire town about 20 miles west of central London, known for the Slough Trading Estate, the largest business park in Europe under single ownership.
Slough House (novel series)
Slough House is Mick Herron's spy novel series (Slow Horses, 2010, through Clown Town, 2025) about disgraced MI5 agents under Jackson Lamb, adapted as Apple TV+'s Slow Horses starring Gary Oldman.
Sloughi (سلوقي)
The Sloughi (سلوقي), or Berber Greyhound, is an ancient sighthound breed from North Africa, where Berber and Bedouin peoples used it to course game over desert terrain.
Slovacko
Slovacko (1.FC Slovácko) is a Czech First League football club from Uherské Hradiště, Moravia, formed in 2000 by merger as 1.FC Synot; Czech Cup winner 2022, Conference League group stage 2022/23.
Slovak Academy of Sciences
The Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovak: Slovenská akadémia vied, abbreviated SAV) is Slovakia's national, non-university research institution, established in 1953 under Czechoslovakia and headquartered in Bratislava, where it runs dozens of research institutes.
Slovak Armed Forces
Slovak Armed Forces (Ozbrojené sily SR), the military of Slovakia, established 1 January 1993, fully professional, NATO member since 2004, shrank from 50,000 to 14,100 personnel, now modernizing with CV90s, F-16s, and BARAK MX air defense.
Slovak Karst (Slovenský Kras) Biosphere Reserve
Slovak Karst (Slovenský Kras) Biosphere Reserve: UNESCO MAB site designated 1 March 1977, the first in Slovakia; 74,500 ha of plateau karst in south-eastern Slovakia, overlapping the 1995 Aggtelek-Slovak Karst World Heritage caves and Domica Ramsar site.
Slovak koruna
The Slovak koruna (Sk, ISO code SKK) was the currency of Slovakia from 1993 to 2008, divided into 100 halierov and replaced by the euro in 2009.
Slovak language
Slovak (slovenčina) is the official West Slavic language of Slovakia with about 5.6 million speakers. It was codified by Bernolák in 1787 and by Štúr in the 1840s; today four Ministry of Culture handbooks define the standard.
Slovak Modernism
Slovak Modernism (Slovenská moderna) is a literary and artistic movement in Slovakia from roughly 1900 to 1918, in which writers replaced national themes with subjective motifs, new verse forms, and symbols.
Slovak National Council (1848)
The Slovak National Council of 1848 (Slovenská národná rada) was the first national representative body of the Slovaks, constituted in Vienna on 16 September 1848 and proclaimed at Myjava.
Slovak National Revival
The Slovak National Revival was a Slovak national movement in the Kingdom of Hungary, roughly 1780 to 1848, that codified the Slovak literary language and built modern Slovak identity.
Slovak National Uprising
The Slovak National Uprising (Slovenské národné povstanie, SNP) was an armed insurrection of the Slovak resistance against German occupation, fought from 29 August to 27 October 1944 with more than 80,000 soldiers.
Slovak orthography
Slovak orthography (slovenský pravopis) is the codified spelling system of standard Slovak, governed by Pravidlá slovenského pravopisu since 1931, reformed in 1953, currently in its 2013 fourth edition, approved by the Ministry of Culture.
Slovak People's Party
Slovak People's Party (Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, HSĽS), Slovak Catholic nationalist party founded by priest Andrej Hlinka (Žilina, 1913; origins 1905); ruled wartime Slovak State under Tiso 1939–1945, ran the Hlinka Guard, deported Slovak Jews, and was banned after 1945.
Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), First Slovak Republic or Slovak State: client state of Nazi Germany, 14 March 1939 to 8 May 1945, under Jozef Tiso, marked by collaboration, the Holocaust, and the 1944 uprising.
Slovak Soviet Republic
The Slovak Soviet Republic (Slovenská republika rád) was a short-lived communist state proclaimed in Prešov in June 1919 on territory held by the Hungarian Red Army.
Slovak Telekom
Slovak Telekom is Slovakia's largest telecommunications operator, providing fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services. Deutsche Telekom bought the remaining 49% stake in 2015 for €900 million.
Slovak Uprising of 1848–1849
The Slovak Uprising of 1848–1849 was the first armed political action of the Slovaks, proclaimed at Myjava by volunteers siding with the Habsburgs against Hungary.
Slovak–Hungarian War (1939)
The Slovak–Hungarian War, known as the "Little War," was a border war fought on 23 and 24 March 1939 between the Slovak State and Hungary, which gained Slovak territory.
Slovakia
Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked Central European parliamentary democracy of 5.4 million, independent since 1 January 1993 after Czechoslovakia's division, with capital Bratislava, euro currency, and EU and NATO membership.
Slovakia election deepfake audio
The Slovakia election deepfake audio was an AI-faked recording released two days before the 2023 parliamentary election, an early case of AI audio interfering with an election.
Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
Slovakia men's national ice hockey team (Slovensko, SVK), governed by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF member since 1993; World gold 2002, silvers 2000 and 2012, first Olympic bronze 2022; ranked 9th.
Slovakia national football team
Slovakia national football team (Slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo), men's team run by the Slovak Football Association since 1993 independence; first World Cup 2010 (beat Italy 3-2), EUROs 2016, 2020, 2024, round of 16 twice.
Slovakiaring
Slovakiaring (SLOVAKIA RING), Slovakia's main permanent racing circuit near Orechová Potôň, opened 2009, designed by Hans Roth; 5,922 m, FIA Grade II, hosts ETRC, WTCC/WTCR, Blancpain GT, FIM EWC.
Slovaks
Slovaci, a West Slavic nation native to Slovakia speaking Slovak; 85.8% of Slovakia's 2001 population, shaped by Hungarian rule, Czechoslovakism, and the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia.