Slip

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Slip or SLIP may refer to:

In science and technology

• Slip (ceramics), an aqueous suspension of minerals
• Slip (telecommunication), a positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols
• Slip, the difference in speed between the frequency supplied to an induction motor and rotor shaft speed
• Slip, a type of rail switch
• Slipway, a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water
• Slip, a branching of a muscle in anatomy

Relating to movement of physical matter

• Slip (aerodynamics), an aerodynamic state in which an aircraft is moving sideways as well as forward relative to the oncoming airflow
• Slip (materials science), the process by which a dislocation motion produces plastic deformation
• Slip (vehicle dynamics), shortened form of tire slip, referring to the angle of a plane perpendicular to the axis of the tire and a line representing the position of the treads of the patch in contact with the road
• Slip, the relative movement of geological features present on either side of a fault plane
• Slip, commonly used in New Zealand as an abbreviation for land slip (landslide).

In computing

• Serial Line Internet Protocol, a mostly obsolete encapsulation of the Internet Protocol
• SLIP (programming language), (Symmetric LIst Processing language)

In psychology

• Slip (treatment), a temporary return to a negative behavior after therapy intended to correct that behavior
• Freudian slip, an error in speech, memory or physical action that arises from the unconscious mind

In entertainment

• The Slip (band), a rock band
• Slip (album), a 1993 album by the band Quicksand
• The Slip (album) (2008), a.k.a. Halo 27, the seventh studio album by Nine Inch Nails
• "Slip" (song), a 2013 song by Stooshe
• "Slip", a song by Linkin Park from LP Underground 11

Other uses

• Slip (clothing), a woman's underdress or underskirt
• Slip (cricket), a fielding position in cricket
• Slip (fish), also known as Black Sole
• Slip (horticulture), a small cutting of a plant as a specimen or for grafting
• Slip (needlework), an embroidered or appliqued image of a plant-cutting
• Packing slip, a shipping document that accompanies delivery packages
• Ferry slip, a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat
• Slip opinion, a judicial opinion published on the day of the decision and subject to later revision

See also

• All pages with titles containing Slip
• Slippage (disambiguation)
• Slippery (disambiguation)