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slip joint [′slip ‚jȯint]

(civil engineering)

Contraction joint between two adjoining wall sections, or at the horizontal bearing of beams, slabs, or precast units, consisting of a vertical tongue fitted into a groove which allows independent movement of the two sections.

A telescoping joint between two parts.

(engineering)

A method of laying-up plastic veneers in flexible-bag molding, wherein edges are beveled and allowed to overlap part or all of the scarfed area.

A mechanical union that allows limited endwise movement of two solid items for example, pipe, rod, or duct with relation to each other.

(geology)

shear joint

slip joint

1. A vertical joint between an old masonry wall and a new one; a slot is cut in the old wall into which brick from the new one is fitted.

2. In plumbing, a connecting joint in which one pipe slips within another, a seal being effected by caulking, a gasket, or packing.

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