Definition of Slide box. Meaning of Slide box. Synonyms of Slide box
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Definition of Slide box
Slide box 7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line
of fissure. --Dana.
8. (Mus.)
(a) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving
by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note
either above or below.
(b) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the
sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to
produce the tones between the fundamental and its
harmonics.
9. (Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the
position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into
another sound.
10. (Steam Engine)
(a) Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
(b) A slide valve.
Slide box (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under Steam.
Slide lathe, an engine lathe. See under Lathe.
Slide rail, a transfer table. See under Transfer.
Slide rest (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding,
moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on
ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound
motion.
Slide rule, a mathematical instrument consisting of two
parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the
mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and,
by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and
division.
Slide valve.
(a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by
sliding over a port.
(b) A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in
steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and
releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in
its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It
is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the
valve gear. It is sometimes called a D valve, -- a
name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe
used as a sliding valve.
