About The Word Sliding
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Sliding
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What's The Definition Of Sliding?
[adj] being a smooth continuous motion
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sliding: slippery | slippy Related Terms | Find terms related to Sliding: See Also | Sliding In Webster's Dictionary \Slid"ing\, a.
1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.
2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.]
That sliding science hath me made so bare.
--Chaucer.
{Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets
with in sliding along the surface of another, as
distinguished from rolling friction.
{Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic
fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of
halyards.
{Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a
centeboard.
{Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7.
{Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n.
{Sliding scale}.
(a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion
to the fall or rise of prices.
(b) A variable scale of wages or of prices.
(c) A slide rule.
{Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a
vessel.
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