Smooth, even passage or progress. "A better slide into their business."
3.
That on which anything moves by sliding. Specifically:
(a)
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.
(b)
A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.
4.
That which operates by sliding. Specifically:
(a)
A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.
(b)
(Mach.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
(c)
A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
5.
A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
6.
The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
7.
(Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
8.
(Mus.)
(a)
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
(b)
An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.
9.
(Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
Slide rest (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion.
Slide rule, a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division.
Slide valve.
(a)
Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port.
(b)
A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a D valve, a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve.
Slide rule n. A thin, flat calculating device consisting of a fixed outer piece and a movable middle piece. Both pieces are graduated in such a way (as, by a logarithmic scale) that multiplication, division, and other mathematical functions of an input variable may be rapidly determined by movement of the middle pieces to a location on one scale corresponding to the input value, and reading off the result on another scale. A movable window with a hairline assists in alignment of the scales. This device has been largely superseded by the electronic calculator, which has a greater precision than the slide rule. Also called colloquially slipstick.
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