A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher
The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable.
The part of the scroll bar that shows the position of the contents of the current window in the file Moving the slider changes the content of the current window
A pitcher that appears to the batter as a fastball until it reaches the plate, then breaks sharply on a level plane The ball is held similarly to the curveball, but the wrist is kept straight, like a fastball, and broken downward
This is a long wooden slat which has holes in it that correspond to a rows of holes in the top of the wind chest It is used in a slider wind chest (see the next term)
{i} person or thing that slides; curving fastball (Baseball); freshwater turtle; (Computers) mark which may be moved on a sliding scale in order to set the value of a variable (in a graphical user interface)
A pitch thrown with less velocity than a fastball but more than a curve, and breaks sharply when it reaches the batter Hitters often recognize a slider by its appearance as it comes toward the plate-it looks like a red dot from the seams spinning so tightly
Horizontal bar mounted on the bell cage directly beneath a bell so as to pivot slightly It serves as a stopper when a stay contacts it upon a bell's reaching an inverted position Only bells used in English change ringing have need for this device because of the full circle of stroke (See Stay )
worn over the shoe on the sliding foot in the delivery of a stone to allow for a long, smooth motion and follow through Specially-made curling shoes have sliders built in
A control that uses a track and arm to set a value from among the available values The position of the arm (or a separate indicator) gives the currently set value
A rectangular piece of nylon fabric with a grommet at each corner through which the canopy's suspension lines are routed Packed at the top of the lines, the slider controls the opening of the canopy by preventing the parachute from expanding too rapidly
a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
A control that enables the user to set a value in a range--for example, the RGB values for a color Sliders are created using the JSlider component See also progress bar