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slippage [′slip·ij] (engineering) The leakage of fluid between the plunger and the bore of a pump piston. Also known as slippage loss. (petroleum engineering) The movement of gas past or through a liquid-phase reservoir front; this movement occurs instead of driving the liquid forward; it can exist in gas-drive reservoirs or in gas-lift oil-well bores. (textiles) A fabric defect on which warp threads slip over filling threads or vice versa as a result of loose weaving or of unevenly matched yarns. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Slidings across the color line, in particular, create such slippages and gaps, often exuding an inherent tricksterism that taunts our desire to know and our cultural need to declare--especially where race is concerned. Hence, throughout Adams's analysis of Tan, our attention is drawn to such slippages and contradictions, and to the rich array of types of people and attitudes found in Chinese American characters. The interplay of diverse but connected works set off a series of ricocheting slippages, not only between art and commercial illustration but between fiction and actuality, pictorial and architectural space, erotics and intellect, history and lived experience. |
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