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What does slippage mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
  2. The amount by which something has slipped.
  3. A lessening of performance or achievement.
  4. A decrease in motion, or in the power of a mechanical system due to slipping.
  5. The difference between estimated and actual transaction costs.
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Anterior slippage of the fifth lumbar vertebra on the sacral base can be identified in lateral views.
To eliminate slippage while sewing, use a flat-bottom presser foot and increase the presser-foot pressure.
The handler was displaying the usual slippage between folk conceptions of language and we linguists ' conceptions of same.
This suggests that some process other than enzyme slippage is contributing to the high level of diversity in this region.
It is possible that most polymerase slippage events occur when the mitochondrial polymerase stalls at a misincorporated base.
To avoid more slippage in regard to the time schedule, we would like to urge you to act accordingly.

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