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slips

/slΙͺps/
Visual illustration of slips: A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information. - Image 1
slips: A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information. - Thumbnail 1
slips: A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information. - Thumbnail 2
noun

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Visual illustration of slips: The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
noun

The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.