Definition of Gliding

1. Noun. The activity of flying a glider.

Exact synonyms: Glide, Sailing, Sailplaning, Soaring
Generic synonyms: Flight, Flying
Specialized synonyms: Hang Gliding, Paragliding, Parasailing
Derivative terms: Glide, Glide, Sailplane, Soar, Soar

Definition of Gliding

1. Noun. The hobby, sport(,) or act of flying a glider. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of glide) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gliding

1. glide [v] - See also: glide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gliding

glide
glide-bomb
glide by
glide path
glide ratio
glide slope
glided
glidepath
glidepaths
glider
glider gun
gliders
glides
glidest
glideth
gliding (current term)
gliding bacteria
gliding joint
gliding occlusion
gliding plane
glidingly
glidings
gliff
gliffing
gliffings
gliffs
glift
glifts
glike
glikes

Literary usage of Gliding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical by Henry Gray (1867)
"gliding joint ; articulation by plane surfaces, which glide upon each other. ... gliding movement is the most simple kind of motion that can take place in a ..."

2. The Mechanics of the Aeroplane: A Study of the Principles of Flight by Émile Auguste Duchêne, John Henry Ledeboer, Thomas O'Brien Hubbard (1916)
"gliding flight denned. Examination of formula (21) shows that in ... This is known as gliding flight. 39. Variation of the slope of gliding flight with the ..."

3. A System of human anatomy, general and special by Erasmus Wilson, George Buchanan, Henry Edward Clark (1880)
"gliding is the simple movement of one articular surface on another, ... gliding is, in certain joints, accompanied by what is known as coaptation, that is, ..."

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