Slip

Slip or SLIP may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology

• Slip (fish), also known as Black Sole
• Slip (horticulture), a small cutting of a plant as a specimen or for grafting
• Muscle slip, a branching of a muscle, in anatomy

Computing and telecommunications

• SLIP (programming language), (Symmetric LIst Processing language)
• Slip (telecommunication), a positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols
• Serial Line Internet Protocol, a mostly obsolete encapsulation of the Internet Protocol

Earth science

• Silicic-dominated Large Igneous Province (SLIP), a geological feature consisting of a large area of igneous rocks of a certain type
• Slip, the relative movement of geological features present on either side of a fault plane
• Land slip or landslide, commonly called a slip in New Zealand

Materials

• Slip (ceramics), an aqueous suspension of minerals
• Slip (materials science), the process by which a dislocation motion produces plastic deformation

Mechanical systems

• Slip (vehicle dynamics), the relative motion between a tire and the road surface
• Slip (electrical motor), the difference in speed between the frequency supplied to an induction motor and rotor shaft speed
• Slip, a type of rail switch
• Slip gauge or gauge block, a system for producing precision lengths

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

Other uses in science and technology

• Slip (aerodynamics), an aerodynamic state in which an aircraft is moving sideways as well as forward relative to the oncoming airflow
• Slipway, a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water

Music

• 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
• "Slip", a song by Shawn Austin from the 2022 extended play Planes Don't Wait

Nickname

• Slip Carr (1899–1971), Australian rugby union player and Olympic sprinter
• Slip Madigan (1896–1966), American college football player and multi-sport college coach

Other uses

• Slip (clothing), an underdress or underskirt
• Slip (cricket), a fielding position in cricket
• Slip (needlework), an embroidered or appliqued image of a plant-cutting
• Ferry slip, a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat
• Packing slip, a shipping document that accompanies delivery packages
• Slip opinion, a kind of judicial opinion, published on the day of the decision and subject to later revision
• "Slip" (Better Call Saul), an episode of Better Call Saul
• The Slip, a section of Swansea Beach
• Slip (TV series), an American comedy television series

See also

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