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English Dictionary: Sliding by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sliding
adj
  1. being a smooth continuous motion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sliding \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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