Entertainment / Baseball / Slider: 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.
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Entertainment / Baseball / Backdoor Slider: A pitch that appears to be out of the strike zone, but then breaks back over the plate. MORE
Technology / Motorcycle / Frame Sliders: Many motorcycles have Engine Guards to protect the bike should it fall over. These are billed as Engine Guards but sometimes they are referred to as Crash Bars. We don't want to emphasize crashing a m MORE
Technology / Motorcycle / Engine Guards: See Frame Sliders MORE
Technology / Motorcycle / Upside-Down Forks: Telescopic forks that are installed inverted compared to typical forks. In this case the slider tubes are at the bottom and the heavier bodies are at the top. This decreases the unsprung weight of the MORE
Technology / Home Audio / Graphic Equalizer: A multi-band variable equalizer using slide controls as the amplitude adjustable elements. Named for the positions of the sliders 'graphically' illustrating the resulting frequency response of the equ MORE
Technology / Home Audio / Potentiometer: A three-terminal variable resistor. Two terminals connect to the ends of a flat resistor, while the third terminal is attached to a moveable contact that interfaces with the resistive element. The mov MORE