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SLIPPAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Failing to hold or slipping out of place
Example:
the knots allowed no slippage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slippage" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Derivation:
slip (move out of position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("slippage" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (a process of becoming smaller or shorter)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Decline from a standard level of performance or achievement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("slippage" is a kind of...):
decline; diminution (change toward something smaller or lower)
Derivation:
slip (get worse)
