A slater is a tradesperson who works with slate.

Slater may also refer to:

Companies

  • Slater Brothers, a British, and later American, motorcycle dealer and importer
  • Slater & Gordon, an Australian law firm
  • Slater Menswear, a men's clothing retailer in the United Kingdom
  • Slater Walker, a British industrial conglomerate turned bank

People

  • Slater (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name and surname

Places

Communities

All in the United States; listed alphabetically by state

  • Slater, Colorado, an unincorporated community
  • Slater, Iowa, a city
  • Slater, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Slater Township, Cass County, Minnesota, a township
  • Slater, Missouri, a city
  • Slater, Ohio, an unincorporated community
  • Slater-Marietta, South Carolina, a census-designated place
  • Slater, Wyoming, a census-designated place

Geographical features

  • Slater (crater), an impact crater near the south pole of the Moon
  • Slater Branch, a stream in Madison County, Missouri, U.S.
  • Slater Rocks, a cluster of rock outcrops near Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Published content

  • The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, used by Australian birders, published in 1986
  • "Slater", a song on the 2013 album Wolf by artist Tyler, the Creator

Science

Named after American physicist John C. Slater

  • Slater determinant, an expression in quantum mechanics
  • Slater integrals, used in mathematics and mathematical physics
  • Slater-type orbitals, functions used in computational chemistry
  • Slater–Condon rules, used in computational chemistry
  • Slater–Pauling rule, used in condensed matter physics

Structures

All in the United States

  • Slater Building (Worcester, Massachusetts), a historic building in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Slater Cigar Company buildings, historic buildings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  • Slater Family Ice Arena, a hockey arena in Bowling Green, Ohio
  • Slater Library, a historic public library in Griswold, Connecticut
  • Slater Memorial Museum, a historic building in Norwich, Connecticut
  • Slater Mill, a historic mill complex in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Other uses

  • Slater Cup, a trophy awarded in Premiership Rugby in England
  • Slater and Devil fires, fires during the 2020 California wildfire season
  • Slater Fund, a financial endowment for education of African Americans in the Southern United States
  • Slater Park, a historic public park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
  • Slater Park Zoo, a former zoo in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
  • USS Slater (DE-766), a Cannon-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy
  • Woodlouse, a crustacean commonly found in old wood and known as a "slater" in some countries

See also

  • Couvreur, French for slater, a surname
  • Slaten
  • Slatter
  • Slayyyter, American musician