Schlick

People

• Moritz Schlick, German philosopher and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle
• Arnolt Schlick, German organist and composer of the Renaissance
• Robert H. Von Schlick, German-born United States Army private
• Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer
• Katherine Schlick Noe, Professor of Education at Seattle University
• Björn Schlicke, German footballer
• Heinz Schlicke, German-born engineer and author
• The Counts von Schlick, who became one of the richest noble families in Bohemia from coins named Joachimsthaler minted from silver found in their land in Joachimsthal.

  Other

• Schlick's approximation, an approximation of the BRDF of metallic surfaces
• Schlick, onomatopoeic slang for female masturbation
• Schlick, Golf term for artfully missing a makeable putt on purpose after you are out of the hole or your partner has already won the hole in order to maintain a higher handicap. Attributed to a golfer who always seemed to make the putts he needed. Thus, whenever someone misses a short, meaningless putt, he is usually accused of Schlicking it.