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slide

1. Rowing a sliding seat in a boat or its runners

2. a thin glass plate on which specimens are mounted for microscopic study

3. a positive photograph on a transparent base, mounted in a cardboard or plastic frame or between glass plates, that can be viewed by means of a slide projector

4. Machinery

a. a sliding part or member

b. the track, guide, or channel on or in which such a part slides

5. Music

a. the sliding curved tube of a trombone that is moved in or out to allow the production of different harmonic series and a wider range of notes

b. a portamento

6. Music

a. a metal or glass tube placed over a finger held against the frets of a guitar to produce a portamento

b. the style of guitar playing using a slide

7. Geology

a. the rapid downward movement of a large mass of earth, rocks, etc., caused by erosion, faulting, etc.

b. the mass of material involved in this descent

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slide [slīd]

(engineering)

A sloping chute with a flat bed.

A sliding mechanism.

(geology)

A vein of clay intersecting and dislocating a vein vertically, or the vertical dislocation itself.

A rotational or planar mass movement of earth, snow, or rock resulting from failure under shear stress along one or more surfaces.

(mechanical engineering)

The main reciprocating member of a mechanical press, guided in a press frame, to which the punch or upper die is fastened.

(mining engineering)

An upright rail fixed in a shaft with corresponding grooves for steadying the cages.

A trough used to guide and to support rods in a tripod when drilling an angle hole. Also known as rod slide.

(ordnance)

Sliding part of the receiver of certain automatic weapons.

Sliding catch on the breech mechanism of certain weapons.