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 s ...

, to fly without thrust

Computing

Glide API Glide is a 3D graphics API developed by 3dfx Interactive for their ''Voodoo Graphics'' 3D accelerator cards. Although it originally started as a proprietary API, it was later open sourced by 3dfx. It was dedicated to rendering performance, supp ...

, a 3D graphics interface * Glide OS, 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 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 of ...

, 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, 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 chu ...

, 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 be ...

(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 The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquar ...

, 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 did ...

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 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, a molecular docking software by Schrödinger Flight and m ...

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 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 hel ...

, 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 reflection ...