Slippage Definition & Meaning
slippage
- noun
- a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
- decline from a standard level of performance or achievement
- failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage"
Words that rhyme with slippage
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- What does slippage mean?
- a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping decline from a standard level of performance or achievement failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage"
- What part of speech is slippage?
- Slippage is a noun.
- How many definitions does slippage have?
- Slippage has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).