Slug (disambiguation)
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Slug can mean:
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[edit] Nature
- Slug: A Gastropod without a shell, or with a very small internal shell
- A slug is the aggregate form of the slime mould Dictyostelids.
[edit] Measurements
- Slug (mass): An imperial unit of mass. For explanation of the two English systems in which either force or mass is re-scaled by a factor of 32.2, see poundal.
- When talking about flows of fluids though a pipeline a slug is a discrete quantity of one fluid that flows though the line surrounded by another.
- In hydrogeology a slug test involves quickly changing the water level in a well, and monitoring its decay through time.
[edit] Item
- Slug (projectile): a projectile or bullet; a water-slug refers to shooting a submarine's torpedo tube without loading a torpedo
- Slug (railroad): a unit that provides additional tractive effort for a locomotive.
- Slugging is a form of loosely organized ridesharing practiced in some large cities.
- A counterfeit coin or metal disc of the same size (not originally intended for that purpose)
[edit] People
- Slug (rapper) is a rapper in hip hop music group Atmosphere
- Slug can refer to a commuter who participates in the car-pooling pratice known as slugging.
[edit] Fiction
- Slug (comics), a fictional vilian in the Marvel Universe.
- Slug is a short title for a story, usually not more than a word or two.
- The Order Of The Slug is a sinister secret society in the darkly comic United Kingdom stage musical Restart by Komedy Kollective.
- Slugs (novel), a novel by Shaun Hutson.
- Slugs (film), a film based on the novel.
[edit] Other uses
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- Slug is sometimes used as a verb meaning "to hit".
- In newspaper editing, a slug is a short name given to an article that is in production. The story is labeled with its slug as it makes its way from the reporter through the editorial process. Sometimes a slug contains code information that tells editors specific information about the story -- for example, the letters "AM" at the beginning of a slug on a wire story tell editors that the story is meant for morning papers, while the letters "CX" indicate that the story is a correction to an earlier story.
- In the production process of print advertisements, a slug or slug line, refers to the "name" of a particular advertisement. Advertisements usually have several markers, ad numbers or job numbers and slug lines. Usually the slug references the offer or headline and is used to differentiate between different ad runs.
- In closed captioning, a story slug is a title/header for prescripted stories.
- In typesetting, a slug is a piece of typemetal imprinted by a Linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error (as by TeX).
- In television editing, a slug refers to a black screen
- In street games, it is another name for Chinese handball
