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Webster 1913 Edition
Sliding
Slid′ing
,Adj.
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 , 7.
– Pair
, Noun.
Sliding rule
. – 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sliding
SLI'DING
,ppr.
SLI'DING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sliding
sliding
English
Verb
sliding
- present participle of slide
- Children find that sliding can be fun.
Noun
sliding (plural slidings)
Adjective
sliding (not comparable)
- Of something that can slide
- Our yard is just outside the sliding door.
Translations
of something that can slide
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