Category: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.