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To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.
Steve Carlton

Meaning of "slider" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLIDER

slider  [ˈslaɪdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLIDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slider is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLIDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Slider

In baseball, a slider is a pitch that breaks laterally and down, with a speed between a curveball and of a fastball. The break on the pitch is shorter than that of a curveball. The release technique of a slider is between a curveball and a fastball. The slider is similar to the cutter, a pitch which is thrown as a fastball, but differs in the sense that a slider tends to be more of a breaking ball.

Definition of slider in the English dictionary

The definition of slider in the dictionary is a sliding device which controls something. Other definition of slider is a type of pitch with the speed of a fastball and the movement of a curve.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLIDER


al-Qaeda
ælˈkaɪdə
backslider
ˈbækslaɪdə
cider
ˈsaɪdə
collider
kəˈlaɪdə
divider
dɪˈvaɪdə
glider
ˈɡlaɪdə
Guider
ˈɡaɪdə
Ida
ˈaɪdə
insider
ˌɪnˈsaɪdə
Oneida
əʊˈnaɪdə
outsider
ˌaʊtˈsaɪdə
paraglider
ˈpærəɡlaɪdə
provider
prəˈvaɪdə
rider
ˈraɪdə
roughrider
ˈrʌfˌraɪdə
Ryder
ˈraɪdə
sida
ˈsaɪdə
spider
ˈspaɪdə
strider
ˈstraɪdə
supercollider
ˌsuːpərkəˈlaɪdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLIDER

slide
slide box
slide changer
slide fastener
slide guitar
slide magazine
slide over
slide projector
slide rest
slide rule
slide show
slide trombone
slide valve
slide-action
slideway
sliding
sliding fit
sliding friction
sliding scale
sliding seat

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLIDER

access provider
aider
braider
consider
content provider
decider
eider
hang-glider
hard cider
horse rider
internet service provider
jumping spider
Large Hadron Collider
linear collider
nightrider
pygmy glider
raider
reconsider
service provider
sugar glider

Synonyms and antonyms of slider in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slider» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLIDER

Find out the translation of slider to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slider from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slider» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滑块
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deslizador
570 millions of speakers

English

slider
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्लाइडर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنزلق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слайдер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deslizante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্লাইডার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

curseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slider
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schieber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スライダー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

슬라이더
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slider
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trượt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்லைடர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्लायडर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaydırıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cursore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suwak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слайдер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slider
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

slider
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slider
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reglaget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slider
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slider

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIDER»

The term «slider» is very widely used and occupies the 9.515 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIDER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slider

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6 QUOTES WITH «SLIDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slider.
1
Richie Allen
Sparky Lyle threw me a slider, and it wound up in the seats. We won, and it was a memorable moment.
2
Sparky Anderson
If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.
3
Steve Carlton
To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.
4
Chili Davis
I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.
5
Dennis Eckersley
Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.
6
Phil Niekro
I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was a one-pitch pitcher.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIDER»

Discover the use of slider in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slider and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Worldwide Practical Petroleum Reservoir Engineering Methods
This text is written to include reservoirs that produce under steady-state conditions at much higher rates.
H. C. Slider, 1983
2
MATLAB: Advanced GUI Development
2.6.1.8 Sliders Slider controls provide a quick and easy way to dynamically change parameters or variables in a GUI application. Some examples of scenarios where you may want to use sliders include: Zooming plot axes, increasing or ...
Scott T. Smith, 2006
3
Engineering Drawing and Design
A slider crank is a linkage mechanism that is commonly used in machines such as engine pistons, pumps, and clamping devices where a straight line motion is required. Figure 16.15 shows the type of slider design used to move a piston back ...
David A. Madsen, 2001
4
Theory of Machines and Mechanisms I.
Two extreme positions of the slider B are shown as B, and B2 and here stroke length of the isosceles slider-crank mechanism is four times the crank radius i.e. 4 r2. In this case, all points on the coupler of the isosceles slider crank mechanism ...
E. Bautista, 1987
5
iPhone SDK Application Development: Building Applications ...
Sliders provide a visual range that the user can change by using a slide bar, and are configurable to accommodate a range of values. You can set ranges for the slider values, add images at the ends, and make various other aesthetic tweaks.
Jonathan Zdziarski, 2009
6
Using Visual C++ 6
Usually, when you create a slider control, you want to set the control's range and tick frequency. If the user is going to use the control from the keyboard, you also need to set the control's line and page size. In Common, the program initializes ...
Kate Gregory, 1998
7
The Guide to Owning a Red-eared Slider
Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, health, and breeding of turtles.
Jordan Patterson, 1994
8
Coaching Pitchers
Figure 2.13 The slider grip. between the slider and the curve. If the fingers go around the ball, the result is a hard curve,orwhatissometimescalleda"slurve." ( The slurve is what hurts the most pitchers' arms. Throwing around the ball at fastball ...
Joe McFarland, 2003
9
The Game Animator's Guide to Maya
Time Slider The Time Slider displays the playback range as well as the keys in the scene. Keyframes are displayed as red ticks or hash marks on the time slider. (You can change the appearance of key ticks in the preferences if you'd like.) ...
Michael McKinley, 2008
10
Foundation Flash CS5 For Designers
slider.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, changeHandler); function changeHandler(evt:Event):void { circle1.scaleX = slider.value / 100; circle2. scaleY = slider.value / 100; }; When the Event.CHANGE event is dispatched—this happens as the ...
Tom Green, Tiago Dias, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slider is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BlackBerry prepping Slider and Android smartphone
Two new BlackBerry phones have appeared, the one that we call Slider which is code-named Venice and the one we don't know what to call yet, but is ... «Geek Snack, Jul 15»
2
This might be Blackberry's first Android phone
Specs for the alleged "Venice" popped up on N4BB a couple of weeks ago, calling it a slider with a 5.4-inch screen, 18MP rear camera and 1.8GHz Hexa-core ... «Engadget, Jul 15»
3
Win Your July 4 BBQ with This Meatball Slider Recipe
Want to be the star at your July 4 BBQ? Then who better to show us how to make the perfect meatball slider than The Meatball Shop co-founders and stars of ... «TV Guide, Jul 15»
4
BlackBerry 'Venice': Android And BB10 QWERTY Slider Smartphone …
BlackBerry is expected to release its first Android smartphone in the near future. A new report lists the upcoming smartphone's key specs. «Tech Times, Jun 15»
5
Android on a BlackBerry slider smartphone idea gets mixed reviews
BlackBerry may run the Android operating system on a slider smartphone coming this fall, according to unnamed sources in a Reuters report. In response to the ... «Computerworld, Jun 15»
6
Three new BlackBerry smartphones leaked: Slider, Oslo and …
The BlackBerry Slider or Venice, a successor to the current Passport called Oslo, plus a new Porsche Design Blackberry have all leaked on Chinese site Weibo. «Pocket-lint.com, Apr 15»
7
Tigers' Verlander can't 'quite find' slider yet
Besides the fastball in the last inning, the only thing they hit was my slider because it was horrible, and I kept trying to throw it to get a feel for it. Finally, the last ... «Detroit Free Press, Mar 15»
8
BlackBerry Ltd teases slider phone with curved screen at Mobile …
BlackBerry via TwitterIs this what unconventional looks like? BlackBerry teased a sliding keyboard phone that is expected to launch this year. «Financial Post, Mar 15»
9
Man dies in hospital after ranch slider injury
A man who was taken to Waikato Hospital after going through a ranch slider, cutting his throat, has died. Police said emergency services were called to what ... «Waikato Times, Feb 15»
10
Sandwich Monday: The White Castle Veggie Slider
So, the new Veggie Slider comes as something of a surprise. It's a tiny veggie burger made with carrots, zucchini, peas, spinach and broccoli on a tiny bun, ... «NPR, Jan 15»

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