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What is the general term for instruments without fixed pitches? Like fretless

There are fretless versions of electric guitars and basses. Instruments in the violin family are (almost) always fretless. But what is the general term for this when expanded for other instruments, like trombones, slide saxophones, theremins and other instruments that do not have fixed pitches?

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