'Slippage' definitions:
Definition of 'slippage'
From: WordNet
noun
A decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
noun
Decline from a standard level of performance or achievement
noun
Failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage"
Definition of 'Slippage'
From: GCIDE
- Slippage \Slip"page\, n. The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slippage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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