Definitions for "slip "
Keywords:  ppp, serial, erial, dialup, rotocol
Serial Line Internet Protocol. Internet standards providing direct connections through telephone lines.
erial ine nternet rotocol] A protocol that allows computers ( clients) to access another computer ( server), usually by dial-up modem. Allows access to full Internet resources. Provides the same functionality as point-to-point (PPP).
A protocol used to connect your computer to the Internet using serial connection.
Keywords:  clay, pottery, ceramic, pours, engobe
Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.
Liquid clay, used in the making of pottery, and also as applied decoration.
Slip consists of extremely fine grained clay particles which are sorted out from the clay matrix by soaking in water. Slip is often applied to exterior and interior vessel surfaces as a method for strengthening the bonds between coils and also to create a smooth surface.
Keywords:  berth, pier, wharves, dock, boat
An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
1. The space between two wharves or piers where a boat can be secured or moved; 2. To move sideways in the water, as in side slip
A berth for a boat, usually between two piers.
A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
Is the internal leakage within a rotary compressor. It represents gas at least partially compressed but not delivered. It is experimentally determined and expressed in CFM to be deducted from the displacement to obtain capacity. ( 030)
A term commonly used to express leakage in positive displacement flowmeters.
a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
a cross-controlled right-left or left-right application of rudder and aileron that through its lack of coordination uses the side of the aircraft as an air brake
A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.
He's playing in the slip. Slips are field positions directly behind the wickets adjacent to the stumper, can be occupied by up to five players.
fielding position just to the off side of the wicket-keeper's position, a static catching position designed to catch the ball after it hits the edge of the bat and deflects only a small amount. cf. first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip, fifth slip. a fielder fielding in a slip position.
a brief regression to old habits or addictive behaviors, with quick resolution
a common occurrence involving a very brief episode of drug use that is associated with no signs or symptoms of the addiction syndrome, as defined in DSM-III-R criteria
an isolated event of returning to the addictive behavior
The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.
The difference between rotating magnetic-field speed (synchronous speed) and the rotor speed of an ac induction motor. Usually expressed as a percentage of synchronous speed.
The difference between the tangential velocity of the tire and the velocity of the vehicle while decelerating; usually expressed as a percent of vehicle speed
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
an excellent under foundation base for dresses and fairly diaphanous top layers such as organdie blouses and semi sheer dresses
an undergarment worn with unlined dresses or suits.
A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.
The document used by the broker for negotiating a placing in a SUBSCRIPTION MARKET. The underwriter signifies his acceptance on the broker's slip.
A cover note often including more than one reinsurer. At Lloyd's of London, the slip is carried from underwriter to underwriter for initialing and subscribing to a specific share of the risk. Also known as Binder. See Cover Note.
To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
The difference between the theoretical distance that a propellers pitch would indicate that a propeller should screw itself through the water and the actual distance that it does as it is screwing through a fluid that displaces slightly as the propeller screws through the water.
To err; to fall into error or fault.
An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
an unintentional action where the failure involves attention
Loss of balance resulting from insufficient friction between a pedestrian's foot (or foot surrogate) and the walkway surface.
a film with a great music score
The quality of a film to move over surfaces with little resistance.
Keywords:  herbaceous, propagate, scion, twig, cut
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
An herbaceous cutting from a plant, as in a slip from a sweet potato.
move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
a controlled uncoordinated turn that increases drag
uncoordinated turn that results in high airspeed and sink rate.
The downslope movement of a mass of soil under wet or saturated conditions; a micro-landslide that produces microrelief in soils.
the remains of a landslide
a break in abstinence
State of mental clarity obtained through abstinence from alcohol and other drugs.
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
to make a mistake or be incorrect
an error or mistake that anyone can make
Keywords:  misplay, misstep, reshoots, jolt, boxer
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
Not to be confused with slipping. Sometimes fall down with no help from their opponent. When a boxer falls without being hit it is deemed a slip. The referee will make their opponent step back until the boxer gets up. He will check the boxer's gloves for debris and so on before letting the match resume.
Misplay when marble falls from the hand. Player reshoots.
An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
A representative forwards someone a script in secret, sometimes (in the case of agents) before anyone else gets to review an/or consider it, and sometimes (in the case of production companies) as an unofficial submission to prepare for co-production, casting, rewrites or going out to directors. A "slip"is always kept secret.
a cast stone veneer stretching between a surround opening and the surround pilaster/leg or bolection molding used to adjust the opening size or cover an exposed surface such as the metal of a zero clearance box.
See casting slip.
Keywords:  underpants
slip underpants
Keywords:  loose, leash, greyhound, pursuit, omit
To omit; to loose by negligence.
To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
Keywords:  slender, lad, mere, strip, young
A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
Keywords:  abort
To abort.
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
Slip is the title of Quicksand's debut album which was released on February 9, 1993.
Keywords:  pinafore, child
A child's pinafore.
Keywords:  pew, narrow, tying, artifact, feather
A narrow passage between buildings.
A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
A narrow strip of feather. Slips are widely used in fly tying.
Keywords:  smash, smell
smash smell
Keywords:  tactless, awkward, socially, act
a socially awkward or tactless act
a descent with one wing lowered and the airplane's longitudinal axis at an angle to the flightpath
a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
Keywords:  bight, untying, knot, easy, loop
To use a loop (bight) of rope instead of the end when closing a knot to make untying the knot easy.
An overflow (deletion) or underflow (repetition) of one frame of a signal in a receiving buffer.
Keywords:  disengage, clutch, rev, seems, wheels
A condition where the clutch or automatic transmission seems to disengage and allows engine to rev up without transferring power to the wheels.
a mismatch between intended action and actual action
the result from skill-based behavior, when subconscious actions that are intended to satisfy a goal fail to result in the intended outcome.
Keywords:  modesty, magician, bright, wear, stage
What a magician may wear to protect her modesty from bright stage lights.
Keywords:  smartphone, smart, card
smart card smartphone
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
a rudimentary fruit with an exaggerated crown
Keywords:  retrograde, pulley, belt, movement
The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips.
A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
Keywords:  slink, prematurely, forth, bring, young
To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
The proportion of dust escaping from the precipitator outlet. Slip may be expressed as a decimal fraction, or a percentage. It is usually estimated by dividing the outlet dust burden by the inlet dust burden.
Any covering easily slipped on.
move smoothly and easily
How easily one surface moves across another.
Porcelain in its liquid form
The term used when a Lap-Band moves out of position. Symptoms can be mild such as heartburn, or can be severe such as abdominal pain and the inability to tolerate even liquids.
A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
an embroidered motif, usually a plant or flower with the heel or base showing, but insects and animals were also popular motifs
Keywords:  shorthand, syntax, quick, xml, editing
SLIP is a quick, simple, and clean shorthand syntax for creating and editing XML data by hand.
Keywords:  wardrobe, garment, helpful, your
a very helpful garment to have in your wardrobe
Keywords:  sword, sheath
The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
Keywords:  worse, grades, get
get worse; "My grades are slipping"
an opportunity to think about what went wrong and how to prevent it the next time
Keywords:  primer, glue, glossary, fitted, joint
A fitted joint that is secured by applying primer and glue, then slipping the two pieces together until the glue sets. Back to glossary index.
The amount of time that a deliverable or product is late from its originally scheduled date.
to pull back some just prior to countering or performing a stop-thrusting
Keywords:  wafer, ridges, defect, pattern, small
A defect pattern of small ridges found on the surface of the wafer.
An additive that aids in decreasing the slippage of stacked packaged goods and prevents bags from sticking together.
Keywords:  reinsurer, binder, including, one
A binder often including more than one reinsurer.
Keywords:  simplify, peers, ftp, simple, start
slip is a simple P2P program that allows peers on a local area network to exchange files and messages. It was written to simplify file transfers by removing the need to set up shares or start FTP servers.
Keywords:  craft, fast, place
a place where a craft can be made fast
Keywords:  shoot, fly, bone, move, off
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
A paper document confirming the performance of an operation using a payment card and containing a set of data concerning such operation and details of the payment card.
Keywords:  fish, sole
A fish, the sole.
Keywords:  quantity, yarn, particular
A particular quantity of yarn.
Keywords:  receipt, sheet, paper, small
a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip"
Keywords:  ice, act
The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
Keywords:  valid, evidence, bet, written, order
The written evidence of a bet that is required in order for a bet to be valid.
Keywords:  diamond, trains, tracks, crossing, type
A type of diamond crossing where trains can slip from one of the crossing tracks to the other.
Keywords:  memory, pass, one
pass out of one's memory