slideway
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8.3
- noun
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tobogán
- The Hepco line includes stainless-steel slideways in continuous lengths up to 1140 mm, guided between ABEC I stainless-steel bearings.
Examples
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The engineer designed a new slideway to help the cargo move smoothly down to the loading dock.
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As the children played, they took turns sliding down the slideway in the park.
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ROB: Eyes slideways.
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CARRIE: Eyes slideways.
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The linear slides are available in four off-the-shelf sizes that include slideways, journal assemblies, backplate, and carriage plate.
Academic text (1994) -
The race car sped down the slideway, gaining speed as gravity pulled it toward the finish line.
Synonyms
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1.0
A smooth sloping surface children go down for fun
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4.2
A sloping passage like a slide that lets people or things go down
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7.2
A sloping ramp by water used to move boats into or out of the water
A long tilted channel that guides water or things down by themselves
How Steep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slideway comes from slide ('to move smoothly') and way ('path'), so think of a playground slide: a sloping path or channel that lets things move down by gravity.