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Color photograph set in a frame and made on transparent film that may be projected and enlarged onto a screen for viewing by a group of people. Slides are usually made from 35mm film.

Error caused by misplacing a decimal point. 35.9750 recorded incorrectly as 3597.50 is an example of a slide.

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verb

1. To pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surface: coast, drift. See move/halt.
2. To ride on a sled in the snow: sled, sledge. See move/halt.
3. To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly: glide, glissade, lapse, slip, slither. See move/halt.
4. To move silently and furtively: creep, glide, lurk, mouse, prowl, pussyfoot, skulk, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal. Slang gumshoe. See move/halt.
5. To move along in a crouching or prone position: crawl, creep, snake, worm. See move/halt.
6. To maneuver gently and slowly into place: ease, glide, slip. See careful/careless, easy/hard.
7. To lose one's balance and fall or almost fall: skid, slip, slither. Idioms: take askidslide. See move/halt.
8. To shift or be shifted out of place: slip. See move/halt.

noun

A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slump, tumble. See increase/decrease.

n

Definition: fall
Antonyms: rise

A form of mass movement in which material slides in a relatively straight plane. Slides are the most common form of mass wasting, and usually have a length much greater than the depth of the moving material. The sliding mass generally breaks into many blocks as it moves. A modern example of a slide was that which moved down the slopes of the Vaiont Valley, in the Italian Alps, in 1971. The debris fell into a reservoir, displacing 250 000 000 m² of water, which swept down the valley in a flood wave, killing 2600 people. Slides are triggered by high water pressure, but the competence of the rock is also significant. Compare with slump.

(1) An ornament consisting of a short run of two accessory notes, either upward or downward by step, to the main note. In rising form it is sometimes called ‘elevation’, in descending, ‘double backfall’ (it may be indicated by two commas). Purcell called it a ‘slur’, a translation of the French coulé.

(2) Term in string playing for a method of changing position (see Shift); it is effected by moving a finger already on the string to within a short distance of a new note to be taken by another finger. The effect is normally of a portamento.

(3) The telescopic joint of a Slide trumpet or a Trombone. Some wind instruments and organ pipes possess tuning-slides, which adjust the pitch by shortening or lengthening the sounding tube.

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IN BRIEF: n. - The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; Sloping channel through which things can descend.

There are two ways to slide easily through life: namely, to believe everything, or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking. — Alfred Korzybski

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sign description: Both H-hands slide passed each other.

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verb intr
verb intr, dated, orig US

1: To go away, esp. hurriedly. (1859 —) .
E. Wallace There's only one word that any sensible man can read in this situation, and that word is—slide! (1932). noun

2: US A trouser pocket. (1932 —) .
I. Slim How would you like a half a 'G' in your 'slide'? (1967).

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1. the mode of action of lac repressor in Escherichia coli. It first binds at a non-operator site, then slides along the DNA until it finds the target site, i.e. the operator.
2. the displacement of a nucleosome along a track of DNA. See sliding clamp, sliding filament model.

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A piece of glass or other transparent substance on which material is placed for examination under the microscope.

• acetate tape s. — see acetate tape slide.
• s. culture technique — a rapid method of preparing fungal colonies for examination and identification.

For a list of words related to slide, see:

• Tools and Techniques - slide: flat piece of glass used to hold object for observation through microscope
• Hardware and Supplies - slide: moving part on track, channel, or guide rails
• Tools and Techniques - slide: developed, mounted color-film exposure
• Baseball - slide: an approach to a base where the baserunner leaves his feet and slides along the ground
• Toys and Playthings
• Gaits - slide: move easily and smoothly over a surface

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - glide, liste, smutte, rutsche, skride
v. tr. - få til at glide
n. - gliden, skred, skinne, slæde, glidebane, kælkebakke, rutschebane

idioms:

• back sliding    kure på bagdelen, gå tilbage, have tilbagegang
• let something slide    lade stå til, lade gå sin skæve gang
• slide around    skøjte rundt
• slide over    gå let hen over
• slide rule    regnestok
• sliding door    skydedør
• sliding scale    glidende skala

Nederlands (Dutch)
glijden, voorbijglijden, dia, glijbaan, haarspeld, schuif

Français (French)
v. intr. - glisser, partir en glissade, glisser de, sortir de, dévaler, glisser le long de, coulisser, se glisser, baisser (des prix)
v. tr. - faire glisser, glisser
n. - toboggan, glissoir, (Phot) diapositive, lame porte-objet, (GB) barrette, (Mus) coule, (Mus) coulisse, (fig) baisse

idioms:

• let something slide    laisser glisser qch
• slide around    glisser dans tous les sens
• slide over    glisser par-dessus
• slide rule    règle à calcul
• sliding door    porte coulissante
• sliding scale    échelle mobile

Deutsch (German)
n. - Diapositiv, Schlitterbahn, Rutsche, Haarspange, Schieber, Objektträger
v. - gleiten, rutschen, schlittern

idioms:

• let something slide    etwas schleifen lassen
• slide around    herumschlittern
• slide over    herübergleiten
• slide rule    Rechenschieber
• sliding door    Schiebetür
• sliding scale    gleitende Skala

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γλίστρημα, ολίσθηση, τσούλημα, τσουλήθρα, γλίστρα, φωτογραφική διαφάνεια, σλάιντ, αντικειμενοφόρα πλάκα μικροσκοπίου, τσιμπιδάκι, (γεωλ.) κατολίσθηση, (μουσ.) ολκός (μουσικού οργάνου)
v. - γλιστρώ, ολισθαίνω, τσουλώ, κινώ ή περνώ με γλίστρημα

idioms:

• back sliding    υποτροπή στο κακό παρελθόν
• let something slide    αδιαφορώ γι' αυτό που συμβαίνει
• slide around    γλιστρώ γύρω από τη μέση
• slide over    γλιστρώ πάνω σε, (καθομ.) αντιπαρέρχομαι έντεχνα
• slide rule    (μαθημ.) λογαριθμικός κανόνας
• sliding door    συρόμενη πόρτα
• sliding scale    λογαριθμικός κανόνας, μεταβλητή κλίμακα

Italiano (Italian)
carrello, scivolone, crollo, caduta, slittamento, guida di scorrimento (mecc.), cursore, vetrino (da microscopio), frana, slavina, valanga, scivolare, diapositiva, scivolo, forcina

idioms:

• let something slide    lasciar correre
• slide around    scivolare
• slide over    sorvolare
• slide rule    regolo calcolatore
• sliding door    porta scorrevole
• sliding scale    scala mobile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escorregamento (m), deslizamento (m), desabamento (m), resvalo (m), avalancha (f), pista de tobogã (f)
v. - escorregar, resvalar, deslizar

idioms:

• back sliding    retroceder
• let something slide    deixar passar, não fazer caso de
• slide around    desviar, mudar ou evitar o assunto da conversa
• slide over    passar por alto, tocar de leve em
• slide rule    régua de cálculo
• sliding door    porta de correr
• sliding scale    tabela variável, régua de cálculo

Русский (Russian)
скольжение, ровный, гладкий ход, каток, ледяная гора или дорожка, детская горка, наклонная плоскость, спускной желоб, диапозитив, предметное стекло, скользящая часть механизма, скользить, двигать плавно, скользить по льду, пройти незаметно, (незаметно) засовывать

idioms:

• back sliding    отступничество, рецидив
• let something slide    относиться к чему-л. безответственно
• slide around    ходить вокруг да около, избегать прямого ответа
• slide over    мимоходом, слегка касаться
• slide rule    логарифмическая линейка
• sliding door    задвижная дверь, заслонка
• sliding scale    скользящая шкала, подвижная счетная таблица

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - deslizarse
v. tr. - resbalar
n. - diapositiva, resbaladero, tobogán, horquilla, pasador

idioms:

• let something slide    desatenderse de lo que pasa
• slide around    patinar
• slide over    saltar, pasar en blanco
• slide rule    regla de cálculo
• sliding door    puerta corrediza
• sliding scale    escala móvil

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - glidning, glidande, isbana, kana, kälkbacke, rutschbana, diabild, objektglas, löpare (tekn), utdragsskiva, jordskred, hårspänne, drag på trombon
v. - glida, halka, slinka, smyga, rutscha, kana, åka kana, låta glida, skjuta fram, sticka, smussla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
滑动, 滑, 滑落, 使滑动, 使滑行, 悄悄地迅速放置, 滑梯, 滑道

idioms:

• back sliding    退缩回去, 退步
• let something slide    不管它, 随它去
• slide around    回避, 略过, 滑来滑去
• slide over    回避, 略过
• slide rule    计算尺
• sliding door    拉门, 滑门
• sliding scale    浮动计算, 计算尺

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 滑動, 滑, 滑落
v. tr. - 使滑動, 使滑行, 悄悄地迅速放置
n. - 滑, 滑梯, 滑道

idioms:

• back sliding    退縮回去, 退步
• let something slide    不管它, 隨它去
• slide around    回避, 略過, 滑來滑去
• slide over    回避, 略過
• slide rule    計算尺
• sliding door    拉門, 滑門
• sliding scale    浮動計算, 計算尺

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 미끄러지다, 매끄럽게 움직이다, (야구) 슬라이드 하다
v. tr. - 활주 시키다, 슬그머니 집어넣다
n. - 미끄러짐, (아구) 슬라이딩, 사태

idioms:

• slide around    미끄러져 이동하다
• slide over    ~을 척척 처리하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 滑る, 滑走する, そっと動く, そっと入る, 知らず知らずに陥る, 滑り落ちる
n. - 滑ること, 滑走, 地滑り, 雪崩, スライド, 検鏡板, 滑り台, 滑走路

idioms:

• slide around    ふれずにすます
• slide over    …をあっさり片付ける
• slide rule    計算尺

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألمنزلقه, تدهور أقتصادي, أنزلاق (فعل) تزل قدمه, يتلاشى, يزول, يتزلج, ينزلق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮גלש, החליק, חמק‬
v. tr. - ‮הגליש, השחיל‬
n. - ‮גלישה, החלקה, ירידה, מפולת, מגלש, שקופית, חלק זחיח, סיכת ראש להחזקת השיער, לוחית שקופה לשימוש במיקרוסקופ, מגלשה‬

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