slide contact
1slide — vb Slide, slip, glide, skid, glissade, slither, coast, toboggan can mean to move along easily and smoothly over or as if over a surface. Slide usually implies accelerating motion and continuous contact with a smooth and slippery surface; it is… …
2slide — [slīd] vi. slid [slid] sliding [ME sliden < OE slidan < IE * (s)leidh , slippery < base * (s)lei , slimy, slippery > LIME1, SLICK, SLIME] 1. to move along in constant frictional contact with some surface or substance [windows that… …
3Contact dynamics — deals with the motion of multibody systems subjected to unilateral contacts and friction. Such systems are omnipresent in many multibody dynamics applications. Consider for example Contacts between wheels and ground in vehicle dynamics Squealing… …
4Contact Dance — Contact Dance, or Contact Improvisation ( Contact Improv ), is an emerging dance art that can be done solo (in contact with the self, the ground, an object, etc...), yet usually is improvised with others generally one partner, sometimes with many …
5slide — ► VERB (past and past part. slid) 1) move along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it. 2) move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively. 3) change gradually to a worse condition or lower level. ► NOUN 1) a structure with a… …
6Slide (baseball) — In baseball, a slide is when a player, acting as a baserunner, drops his body to the ground once he is very close to a base he is approaching. There are a number of possible reasons for a baserunner to slide when approaching a base.* Firstly, on… …
7slide — slidable, adj. slidableness, n. /sluyd/, v., slid /slid/, slid or slidden /slid n/, sliding, n. v.i. 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip or skid …
8slide — v. & n. v. (past and past part. slid) 1 a intr. move along a smooth surface with continuous contact on the same part of the thing moving (cf. ROLL). b tr. cause to do this (slide the drawer into place). 2 intr. move quietly; glide; go smoothly… …
9slide — 1. verb /slaɪd/ a) To cause to move in continuous contact with a surface He slid the boat across the grass. b) To move in continuous contact with a surface. The safe slid slowly. 2. noun /slaɪd/ a) A …
10slide — [c]/slaɪd / (say sluyd) verb (slid, slid or slidden, sliding) –verb (i) 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip, as one losing foothold or as a vehicle skidding. 3.… …
