Glide may refer to: *

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 gliding animals and by aircraft such as gliders. This mode of flight involves flying a ...

, to fly without thrust

Computing

* Glide API, a 3D graphics interface *

Glide OS Glide OS was a cross-platform web desktop developed bJumptuit It was notable for operating on both desktop operating systems, like Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and its contemporary mobile operating systems like Apple iOS, Google Android ...

, a web desktop * Glide (software), an instant video messenger *Glide, a molecular docking software by Schrödinger

Flight and movement

* A measure used by

Innova Discs Innova Champion Discs Inc., generally known simply as Innova (stylized as INNOVA) is an American disc golf brand and manufacturing company. Founded in 1983, it is the largest disc golf disc manufacturer and was among the first companies to produc ...

, to evaluate flying disc performance * Bacterial gliding, a form of motility in biology

Music

* ''Glide'' (album), a 2008 album by Jerry Douglas * Glide, stage name of guitarist

Will Sergeant William Alfred Sergeant (born 12 April 1958) is an English guitarist, best known for being a member of Echo & the Bunnymen. Born in Walton Hospital, he grew up in the village of Melling and attended nearby Deyes Lane Secondary Modern. He is th ...

* "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'' * Glide (music synthesis), a musical synthesizer parameter equivalent to portamento

Organizations

Glide FM Jack 2 (referred to on air as ''Jack 2 Hits'') is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom on the Oxfordshire DAB multiplex and previously in Surrey and Hampshire on DAB and online. Until April 2020, it a ...

, independent local radio station broadcasting from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom *

Glide Memorial Church Glide Memorial Church is a church in San Francisco, California, formerly a United Methodist Church congregation, which opened in 1930. Since the 1960s, it has served as a counter-culture rallying point, as one of the most prominently liberal ch ...

, San Francisco, California, United States **

Glide Foundation The Glide Foundation is a charity organization that helps the homeless, based in San Francisco, California, associated with devout Methodist Lizzie Glide and the Glide Church. History Glide and the foundation bought the Hotel Californian two bl ...

, a charitable foundation of Glide Memorial Church

Products

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 *

Oral-B Glide Oral-B Glide is a polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) dental floss manufactured by W. L. Gore and Associates exclusively for Procter & Gamble. History Origin The origin of Glide (which is what the brand was called prior to the P&G acquisition) dat ...

, a dental floss that before its acquisition by Procter & Gamble was known simply as "Glide Floss" * Glide, a

Pillow Pal Pillow Pals were a line of plush toys made by Ty, Inc. during the 1990s. The toys were given their name because they were soft like a pillow, and were made with children in mind. Though many of them resembled certain Beanie Babies, those that di ...

dolphin made by Ty, Inc.

Other uses

* Glide, in linguistics, a synonym for

semivowel 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 nucleus of a syllable. Examples of semivowels in English are the ...

* Glide (Martian crater) *

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 ** Glide High School, Glide, Oregon, United States *

Glide reflection In 2-dimensional geometry, a glide reflection (or transflection) is a symmetry operation that consists of a reflection over a line and then translation along that line, combined into a single operation. The intermediate step between reflectio ...