sliding

[ slahy-ding ]
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adjective
  1. rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions.

  2. operated, adjusted, or moved by sliding: a sliding door.

Origin of sliding

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English slīdende.See slide, -ing2

Other words from sliding

  • slid·ing·ly, adverb
  • slid·ing·ness, noun
  • un·slid·ing, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for sliding

sliding

/ (ˈslaɪdɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. rising or falling in accordance with given specifications: fees were charged as a sliding percentage of income

  2. regulated or moved by sliding

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