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/slˈaɪdər/ Listen

noun

Slider n.

One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.

(Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa). (Local, U. S.)

(Zool.) Any of several North American freshwater turtles of the genus Chrysemis; some, such as Chrysemis scripta are sold commercially as pets.

(Baseball) A fast pitch that breaks slightly just in front of the batter, in the same direction as a curve ball (i. e., away from the side from which it was thrown).

Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.

adjective

Slider adj. See Slidder. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Slider'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Slider" Quotes from Famous Books

... shown. Suppose that when we depress the switch in the oscillator circuit and so start the oscillations that the sliding contact is at o as shown. Corresponding to that strength of signal there is a certain value of current through the receiver winding at the other station. Now let us move the slider, first to a and then back to b and so on, back and forth. You see what will happen. We alternately make the current in the antenna larger and smaller than it originally was. When the slider is at b there is more of the fine wire in series with ...

— Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son • John Mills

... four kinds of terrapin are sold—not counting muskrat, which is sometimes disguised with sauce and sherry and served as a substitute. The cheapest and toughest terrapin is known as the "slider." Slightly superior to the "slider" is the "fat-back," measuring, usually, about nine or ten inches in length, and costing, at retail, fifty cents to a dollar, according to season and demand. Somewhat better than the "fat-back," but of about the same size and ...

— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street