slippage

Thân thiện

The knot showed no slippage even under tension.

Definition

Noun: 1. The act or an instance of slipping out of place or failing to hold. 2. A decline or failure to maintain a standard level of performance, achievement, or schedule. 3. A loss of mechanical power in a system due to slipping, often between moving parts.

Usage and Examples

• Referring to physical slipping:
  • The engineer checked the belt for any signs of slippage.
  • Proper tension is required to prevent rope slippage in the pulley system.
• Referring to a decline in standards or schedule:
  • There has been a noticeable slippage in the quality of their customer service.
  • The project is experiencing a two-week slippage from its original deadline.
• Referring to mechanical power loss:
  • Excessive slippage in the clutch will reduce the vehicle's acceleration.

Advanced Usage

• "Budget slippage": A situation where actual spending exceeds the planned budget.
  • The department head was asked to explain the budget slippage in the last quarter.
• "Memory slippage": A minor failure or lapse in memory (often used informally).
  • He blamed the embarrassing mistake on a simple memory slippage.

Variants and Related Words

• Slip (verb/noun): The root word, meaning to slide unintentionally or to decline.
• Slippery (adjective): Causing or likely to cause slipping.

Synonyms

• Decline (for performance/schedule contexts)
• Drop (for performance/schedule contexts)
• Loss (for mechanical power context)
• Slide (for physical context)

Antonyms

• Grip (for physical context)
• Adherence (for schedule/standard contexts)
• Improvement (for performance context)
• Gain (for mechanical power context)

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "To experience slippage": To undergo a decline or fall behind schedule.
  • The manufacturing sector continues to experience slippage in productivity growth.
• "Allow for slippage": To build extra time or resources into a plan to account for potential delays.
  • A good project manager always allows for some slippage in the timeline.

Học thuật

Noun

1. failing to hold or slipping out of place
   • the knots allowed no slippage
2. decline from a standard level of performance or achievement
3. a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping