SLIPPAGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)

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)