[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sliding \slid"ing\, a.
   1. that slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.
      1913 webster

   2. slippery; elusory. obs.
      1913 webster

            that sliding science hath me made so bare.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   sliding friction mech., the resistance one body meets
      with in sliding along the surface of another, as
      distinguished from rolling friction.

   sliding gunter naut., a topmast arranged with metallic
      fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of
      halyards.

   sliding keel naut, a movable keel, similar to a
      centeboard.

   sliding pair. mech. see the note under pair, n., 7.

   sliding rule. same as slide rule, under slide, n.

   sliding scale.
      a a scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion
          to the fall or rise of prices.
      b a variable scale of wages or of prices.
      c a slide rule.

   sliding ways naut., the timber guides used in launching a
      vessel.
      1913 webster
see also:
sliding friction sliding gunter sliding keel sliding pair pair sliding rule 
slide rule slide sliding scale sliding ways 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sliding scale
     n : a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the
         cost-of-living index

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "sliding scale":
   base pay, compensation, dismissal wage, earnings, escalator clause,
   escalator plan, financial remuneration, gross income,
   guaranteed annual wage, hire, income, living wage, minimum wage,
   net income, pay, pay and allowances, payment, payroll,
   portal-to-portal pay, purchasing power, real wages, remuneration,
   salary, severance pay, take-home, take-home pay, taxable income,
   total compensation, wage, wage control, wage freeze,
   wage reduction, wage rollback, wage scale, wages,
   wages after deductions, wages after taxes

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Scale >> S Words
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Scale Factor >> S Words
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Sliding Frictio >> S Words
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Spring Scale >> S Words
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Richter Scale >> R Words
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Fish Scale >> F Words
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