slippage

plural slippages

1. countableuncountableThe act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
2. countableuncountableThe amount by which something has slipped.
3. countableuncountableA lessening of performance or achievement.

   Supply-chain problems led to a slippage in production last week.

4. countableuncountableA decrease in motion, or in the power of a mechanical system, due to slipping.
5. countableuncountableThe difference between estimated and actual transaction costs.
6. countableuncountableMovement of earth on a slope, a landslip.

   The slippage at High Brooms was detected by remote sensors on the site, after two previous incidents in the same area.

   2021 February 24, “Landslips close lines near Tonbridge”, in RAIL, number 925, page 22