glides

Definition von glides im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Phonemes that require the tongue, lips and teeth to glide into position to produce sound Examples: |w|, |y|; $/w,y/$; Glides may be performed in an infinite variety of positions on two feet or one Gliding refers to motion across the ice initiated by a push No further pushing or stroking occurs during the glide as the skater adopts an aesthetically pleasing or interesting position The skater may change positions while maintaining the glide He may also push or stroke then assume another gliding posture; Third person singular simple present of to glide
glide: Semivowel
glide: The act of gliding
glide: An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact
glide: To cause to glide
glide: {f} move smoothly and easily, coast, soar; move quietly and stealthily; pass quietly without attracting attention; fly in a glider
glide: {v} to jeer, ob
glide: {n} the act and manner of passing smoothly
glide: {n} a sneer, scoff, flout
glide: {v} to flow gently, silently and swiftly, to pass
glide: glise
glide: the activity of flying a glider
glide: A function, also called portamento, in which the pitch slides smoothly from one note to the next instead of jumping over the intervening pitches
glide: translation; the transformation of an image by a distance and a direction The square on the left is the orignal square, called the preimage The image to its right is formed by moving the preimage in the direction of the arrow The total distance which the image is moved is equal to the length of the arrow Note that the arrow is there for demonstrative purposes only; it is not part of the preimage
glide: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
glide: Movement of a glider, aëroplane, etc
glide: cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
glide: To make a moderate forward movement while maintaining contact with the opponent's blade
glide: An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent's blade, keeping it in constant contact
glide: When the skate rolls after a stroke
glide: an attack along the blade in which a fencer controls the weaker section of the opponent's blade with the stronger portion of his own blade
glide: This effect plays the sound of a semitone below the pitch, then slides up to normal pitch
glide: a hit which is executed like a drive (see definition) but is angled to go behind the batter on his off side (see definition)
glide: A part of a stream that is characterized by a smooth, easy movement of water, usually just upstream of a riffle
glide: Sound made when tongue glides from one position to another rather than staying in stable position
glide: The glede or kite
glide: To pass with a glide, as the voice
glide: To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
glide: to descend with little or no engine power, using airflow to control lift
glide: fly in or as if in a glider plane
glide: Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 18, 97, 191)
glide: To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice
glide: The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction
glide: When birds or aeroplanes glide, they float on air currents. Our only companion is the wandering albatross, which glides effortlessly and gracefully behind the yacht
glide: # a b c d e f g h i j k f liturgical latin
glide: Preparation of attack consisting of a constant contact by sliding without pressure along the opponent's blade
glide: 1 A controlled descent by a heavier-than-air aeronautical vehicle under little or no engine thrust in which forward motion is maintained by gravity and vertical descent is controlled by lift forces
glide: A small plastic piece applied to the bottom of legs to allow the dining chair to easily slide across the floor without scratching the surface
glide: n a long, smooth run that precedes a spike
glide: A 3D API developed by the 3DFX company Glide only works with Voodoo based 3D cards and in many ways it is very similar to OpenGL You can write an entire 3D application using Glide and it should (in theory) run on any Voodoo based 3D card Glide is now open source See Also: 3DFX
glide: Thrust in the line of engagement that maintains pressure while sliding down the opponents blade
glide: Also called a semivowel Segments like English /w/ and /y/
glide: If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and effortless way. Waiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta
glide: to move in a smooth, effortless way
glide: A sleight in which the magician retains the bottom card of the pack and deals the next card as if it was the bottom card
glide: To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
glide: {i} smooth flowing movement; soaring, flying
glide: through the air under gravity or its own movement
glide: 3Dfx's proprietary programming interface (API) for its Voodoo family of videocard accelerators It's usually faster and easier to program for than Direct3D
glide: A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 19, 161, 162)
glide: move smoothly and effortlessly
glide: The temperature difference between the starting and ending temperatures of a phase change within a system, exclusive of any subcooling or superheating
glide: A ratio that describe how far the wing will travel for every unit altitude that is lost L/D (Lift/Drag) is a pure number that is one of the characteristics of a wing In real life, the glide can vary considerably depending on the wind/lift conditions
glide: a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant
glide: the activity of flying a glider move smoothly and effortlessly cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly fly in or as if in a glider plane
glide: To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane