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Sliding Meaning & Definition
Sliding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sliding?

[adj] being a smooth continuous motion

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sliding: slippery | slippy

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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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