slipping
21slipping — releasing fish from a net, particularly from a purse seine without bringing the fish on board …
22slipping — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. failing, growing worse, in error; see unsatisfactory …
23slipping — slɪp n. slide, skid; trip, stumble; mistake, blunder, error; type of woman s undergarment; small piece of material (esp. paper); twig that is cut and used to grow a new plant; mixture of clay and water (used to decorate pottery); fabric covering …
24slipping — Losing control, efficiency, etc …
25slipping clutch — drag (a device in the mechanism of fishing reels that puts pressure on the line as it is pulled off the reel, allowing a hooked fish to pull line without breaking it, and to restrain a running fish) …
26slipping rib cartilage — loosening and deformity of the costal cartilages, causing painful symptoms …
27slipping patella — a patella that is easily movable and readily dislocated …
28slipping rib — a rib whose attaching cartilage is repeatedly dislocated …
29slipping rib syndrome — weakness or rupture of the medial fibrous attachments of the eighth, ninth, or tenth ribs, so that their cartilage tip slips upward and impinges on the intercostal nerve, causing chest pain …
30Sector slipping — is a technique used to deal with defective sectors in hard disk drives. Due to the volatility of hard disks from their moving parts and low tolerances some sectors become defective. Defective sectors can even come on hard disks from the factory… …