Glide may refer to:
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Gliding flight
Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust; the term volplaning also refers to this mode of flight in animals. It is employed by flying and gliding animals, gliding animals and by aircraft such as glider (aircraft), gl ...
, to fly without thrust
Computing
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Glide API, a 3D graphics interface
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Glide OS, a web desktop
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Glide (software), an instant video messenger
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Glide (docking), a molecular docking software by
Schrödinger
Music
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''Glide'' (album), a 2008 album by Jerry Douglas
* Glide, stage name of guitarist
Will Sergeant
* Glide, an Australian indie-rock band from
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
, active between 1991 and 1999
* "Glide", a song by the jam band Phish from their 1992 album ''
A Picture of Nectar
''A Picture of Nectar'' is the third studio album by the American rock band Phish. The album was released on February 18, 1992, by Elektra Records and was the band's debut release for a major record label.
The album is dedicated to Nector Rorris, ...
''
* "Glide", a song by Stone Temple Pilots from their album ''
No. 4''
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Glide (music synthesis), a musical synthesizer parameter equivalent to portamento
Organizations
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Glide FM, independent local radio station broadcasting from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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Glide Memorial Church
Glide Memorial Church is a nondenominational church in San Francisco, California, which opened in 1930. Since the 1960s, it has served as a counter-culture rallying point, as one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. Lo ...
, San Francisco, California, United States
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Glide Foundation, a charitable foundation of Glide Memorial Church
Products
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Glide (automobile)
The Glide automobile was an American automobile manufactured by the Bartholomew Company in Peoria Heights, Illinois beginning in 1902. Founded by John B. Bartholomew, the company continued to produce automobiles until 1920, when the company b ...
(1902–1920), manufactured by the Bartholomew Company
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Oral-B Glide
Oral-B Glide is a PTFE (Teflon) dental floss manufactured by W. L. Gore and Associates exclusively for Procter & Gamble.
History
The origin of Glide (which is what the brand was called prior to the P&G acquisition) dates to 1971, when Bill Gore ...
, a dental floss that before its acquisition by Procter & Gamble was known simply as "Glide Floss"
* Glide, a
Pillow Pal dolphin made by Ty, Inc.
Other uses
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Glide (linguistics)
In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel, glide or semiconsonant is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary, rather than as the syllable nucleus, nucleus of a syllable. Examples of semivowels in ...
, or semivowel
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Glide (Martian crater)
Glide may refer to:
* Gliding flight, to fly without thrust
Computing
* Glide API, a 3D graphics interface
* Glide OS, a web desktop
* Glide (software), an instant video messenger
* Glide (docking), a molecular docking software by Schrödinger ...
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Glide, Oregon
Glide is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,795 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.59 ...
, census-designated place in the United States
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Glide High School
Glide High School (GHS) is a public high school in Glide, Oregon, United States. Glide offers numerous hands-on, career and college entry classes.
July 2008 fire
On July 11–12, 2008, a fire destroyed one of the school's main buildings, which ...
, Glide, Oregon, United States
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Glide reflection
In geometry, a glide reflection or transflection is a geometric transformation that consists of a reflection across a hyperplane and a translation ("glide") in a direction parallel to that hyperplane, combined into a single transformation. Bec ...
, a geometrical transformation
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Bacterial gliding
Gliding motility is a type of translocation used by microorganisms that is independent of propulsive structures such as flagella, pili, and fimbriae. Gliding allows microorganisms to travel along the surface of low aqueous films. The mechanisms ...
, a form of motility in biology
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USS ''Glide''
See also
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Glider (disambiguation)
Glider or Gliders may refer to:
Aircraft and transport Aircraft
* Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight
** Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport ...
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Gliding (disambiguation)
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes.
Gliding may also refer to:
* Gliding flight, flight in the absence of thrust
* Gliding motility of microbes.
* Gl ...
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The Glide (disambiguation)
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