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Definition of Slider
1. Noun. A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Snowboarder
Derivative terms: Skid
2. Noun. Someone who races the luge.
3. Noun. Freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets.
Generic synonyms: Turtle
Group relationships: Genus Pseudemys, Pseudemys
4. Noun. A fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown.
Definition of Slider
1. a. See Slidder.
2. n. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.
Definition of Slider
1. Noun. Agent noun of slide; one who slides. ¹
2. Noun. (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher. ¹
3. Noun. (cricket) A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball. ¹
4. Noun. A small hamburger. ¹
5. Noun. (curling) A piece of teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice. ¹
6. Noun. (graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slider
1. one that slides [n -S] - See also: slides
Medical Definition of Slider
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1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Slider
Literary usage of Slider
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Generally for a slider arranged as Me have imagined, and made to move across the
lines oí force of a magnetic field, the difference of potentials produced ..."
2. The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch (1826)
"Thus, to perform multiplication, set 1 on the line of numbers of the fixed part
against one of the factors on the line of numbers of the slider, ..."
3. Journal of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction by Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Henry Barnard (1849)
"slider I. Stag Beetle and »Curculio Bacchus — Kangaroo Beetle and ... slider IV.
Telemachus Butterfly, with Caterpillar and Chrysalis —Sphinx Ocellata, ..."
4. American Mechanics' Magazine (1825)
"Figures 2, 3, 4, and 3, represent four views of the slider and socket ; NMO, is •
kind of trough or socket, in which the slider runs ; this slider is formed ..."
5. The Electrical Engineer (1888)
"IO. and a slider such as that shown at s is arranged on a slide rod r fixed in
front of the blocks, which connect the resistances in such a way that when ..."
6. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"slider-Forceps. cooling when removed from the lamp. When many cells are being-
cemented at once, it is convenient to have two such plates, that one may be ..."
7. School Architecture, Or, Contributions to the Improvement of School-houses by Henry Barnard (1848)
"slider XI. Ichneumon and Civet Cat — Polecat and Ferret — Striated Weasel and Chin-
... slider XV. White Mouse and Canada Rat — Variegated and Maryland ..."
8. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1893)
"Let also to ami slider fix the ideas the plane of the rails be horizontal, ...
Then the slider if free to move will do so towards BD, and the resulting ..."
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