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microslip

microslip noun: a very small slip.

Noun

microslip (plural microslips)

  1. A very small slip
    • The identification of the slipping moment was difficult for some trial data owing to numerous excessively small slips, possibly caused by microslips, and small object tilting.2015 September 17, “Control of Precision Grip Force in Lifting and Holding of Low-Mass Objects”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of microslip

pluralmicroslips

Origin of microslip

From micro- + slip.

Questions about microslip

What does microslip mean?
Microslip means a very small slip.
What part of speech is microslip?
Microslip is a noun.
What is the plural of microslip?
The plural of microslip is microslips.

Words near microslip in the dictionary

  1. microslicers
  2. microslices
  3. microslicing
  4. microslide
  5. microslides
  6. microslip
  7. microslippage
  8. microslippages
  9. microslips
  10. microslit
  11. microslits

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