Slip or SLIP may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology

Slip (fish) Sole is a fish belonging to several families. Generally speaking, they are members of the family Soleidae, but, outside Europe, the name ''sole'' is also applied to various other similar flatfish, especially other members of the sole suborder S ...

, also known as Black Sole *

Slip (horticulture) A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation. A piece of the stem or root of the source plant is placed in a suitable medium such as moist soil. If the conditions are suitable, the plant p ...

, 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 In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...

Land slip Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environmen ...

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) In (automotive) vehicle dynamics, slip is the relative motion between a tire and the road surface it is moving on. This slip can be generated either by the tire's rotational speed being greater or less than the free-rolling speed (usually describe ...

, shortened form of tire slip, referring to the angle of a plane perpendicular to the axis of the tire and a line representing the position of the treads of the patch in contact with the road * Slip, the difference in speed between the frequency supplied to an induction motor and rotor shaft speed * Slip, a type of rail switch *

Slip gauge Gauge blocks (also known as gage blocks, Johansson gauges, slip gauges, or Jo blocks) are a system for producing precision lengths. The individual gauge block is a metal or ceramic block that has been precision ground and lapped to a specific t ...

or gauge block, a system for producing precision lengths

Psychology

Slip (treatment) In internal medicine, relapse or recidivism is a recurrence of a past (typically medical) condition. For example, multiple sclerosis and malaria often exhibit peaks of activity and sometimes very long periods of dormancy, followed by relapse or r ...

, 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

Groups

* The Slip (band), a rock band

Albums

* ''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

Songs

* "Slip" (song), a 2013 song by Stooshe * "Slip", a song by Linkin Park from ''

LP Underground 11 LP or lp may stand for: Businesses and organizations *LP, Limited partnership in corporate law or a Limited Partner in a venture capital fund In politics *Labour Party (disambiguation), in several countries *Liberal Party, in several countries ...

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

Other uses

* Slip (clothing), a woman's 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 receipt (also known as a packing list, packing slip, packaging slip, (delivery) docket, shipping list, delivery list, bill of the parcel, manifest, or customer receipt) is a document acknowledging that a person has received money or propert ...

, a shipping document that accompanies delivery packages *

Slip opinion A judicial opinion is a form of legal opinion written by a judge or a judicial panel in the course of resolving a legal dispute, providing the decision reached to resolve the dispute, and usually indicating the facts which led to the dispute and ...

, 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 *

Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed club Aston Villa. Described by pundits and fellow professionals as one of his generation's greatest players, Ge ...

, a footballer also known as Slippy G