Sliding vs. Trapdoor

Slidingnoun

The motion of something that slides.

Trapdoornoun

A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.

Slidingadjective

Designed or able to slide.

‘Our yard is just outside the sliding door.’;

Trapdoornoun

(theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.

Slidingadjective

That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.

Trapdoornoun

(computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.

Slidingadjective

Slippery; elusory.

‘That sliding science hath me made so bare.’;

Trapdoornoun

The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.

Slidingadjective

being a smooth continuous motion

Trapdoornoun

(mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.

Trapdoornoun

A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

Trapdoornoun

A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; - called also weather door.

Trapdoor

A trapdoor is a sliding or hinged door in a floor or ceiling. It is traditionally small in size.