slide — slidable, adj. slidableness, n. /sluyd/, v., slid /slid/, slid or slidden /slid n/, sliding, n. v.i. 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip or skid … Universalium
Hatlestad Slide — Users searching for Hatlestad are redirected here as no article on the last name or locations exist. You can help Wikipedia by creating them. The Hatlestad Slide was a slide of mud and rock which occurred in the early morning of September 14,… … Wikipedia
Car handling — and vehicle handling is a description of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during cornering and swerving. It also includes their stability when moving in a straight line. Handling and braking… … Wikipedia
Microscope slide — A set of standard 75 by 25 mm microscope slides. The white area can be written on to label the slide … Wikipedia
Four-slide — A four slide machine The same four slide machine from another angle A fou … Wikipedia
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
photography, technology of — Introduction equipment, techniques, and processes used in the production of photographs. The most widely used photographic process is the black and white negative–positive system (Figure 1 >). In the camera the lens projects an image of… … Universalium
Color photography — Color film redirects here. For the motion picture equivalent, see Color motion picture film. A circa 1850 Hillotype photograph of a colored engraving. Long believed to be a complete fraud, recent testing found that Levi Hill s process did… … Wikipedia
Taurus PT 24/7 — Infobox Weapon name= Taurus PT 24/7 caption= 9x19 Parabellum Taurus PT 24/7 with blued steel finish origin=flagcountry|Brazil type= Semi automatic pistol is ranged=yes design date= manufacturer= Forjas Taurus S/A production date= 2004 Present… … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Automated Tissue Image Systems — (ATIS) are computer controlled automatic test equipment (ATE) systems classified as medical device and used as pathology laboratory tools (tissue based cancer diagnostics) to characterize a stained tissue sample embedded on a bar coded glass… … Wikipedia