Word Study
slipcoat cheese |
slipcover |
slipes |
slipknot |
slipover |
slippage
| slipped disc
| slipper
| slipper orchid
| slipper plant
| slipper spurge
slippage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun slippage has 3 senses
- slippage(n = noun.process) Array - a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping; Array is a kind of decrease, decrement
- slippage(n = noun.process) Array - decline from a standard level of performance or achievement; Array is a kind of decline, diminution
- slippage(n = noun.act) Array - failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage" is a kind of motion, move, movement
Derived form verb slip4
Derived form verb slip11
OXFORD DICTIONARY
slippage, n.
1 the act or an instance of slipping.
2 a a decline, esp. in popularity or value. b failure to meet a deadline or fulfil a promise; delay.
1 the act or an instance of slipping.
2 a a decline, esp. in popularity or value. b failure to meet a deadline or fulfil a promise; delay.
THESAURUS
slippage
avalanche, coast, comedown, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, derogation, descent, deterioration, devolution, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dying, ebb, effeteness, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling-off, glide, glissade, glissando, involution, landslide, landslip, lapse, loss of tone, regression, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, sideslip, skid, slide, slip, slither, slump, snowslide, snowslip, subsidence, wane
For further exploring for "slippage" in Webster Dictionary Online
