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timeslip en · NOUN

Etymology

From time + slip.

Meanings

1. A timesheet.
   • Change a timeslip into an 'expense-slip' to track costs. 1990, Menu International Software, The Software Catalog: Microcomputers, Winter, 1990:
   • Every train crew fills out a timeslip that contains sufficient information with which to compute the crew's hourly wage rate. 1970, Management Accounting:
   • Fireman Iver Peterson, whom Fireman Cunningham displaced, also submitted a timeslip claiming 100 miles for deadheading... 1937, US National Railroad Adjustment Board, Awards:
2. (qualifier:drag racing) An official slip of paper showing the elapsed time for each driver.
3. A phenomenon that causes unexpected time travel.
   • To get to the bottom of this mystery, we need to do laboratory experiments to see if we can recreate electronic fog by the force of magnetic energy. And with this experiment to see if there is a disturbance in the space/time continuum. I believe the fog and mist has something to do with paranormal anomalies of time slips or dimensional slips. I am not a scientist, it's just a hunch. 2011 March 14, Paul Dale Roberts, Shannon McCabe, “The Devils Triangle and That Mysterious Fog 241246”, in H.P.I. Chronicles, volume 1, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 246:
   • And, although not in a timeslip tale, the horse protagonist of Richard Adams's Traveler (1988) is a creature inherently bound to General Lee... 1999, John Clute, John Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy:
   • In any case, neither Morris nor Adeler used a timeslip like Twain. 1996, Rebecca A Umland, The use of Arthurian legend in Hollywood film:
   • For an instant, she felt as though she were caught in a timeslip — her crew suffering from scurvy, the transporter a significant advantage... 2002, Melissa Scott, The Garden:
   • “This direct and strangely spelt response then seemed to be from the future. Two apparent lines of communication were now open, and this ‘Time Slip’ suddenly seemed to have purpose, although it was beyond the understanding of Ken, Debbie and Peter.” 2021 November 17, Nostalgia Nerd, 14:57 from the start, in This Mysterious Computer Could Prove Time Travel Exists | Nostalgia Nerd, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2022:
   • In an apparently fantastic moment, Stephen experiences a timeslip that enables him to secure his own existence. 2007, Dominic Head, Ian McEwan:
   • He Walked Around the Horses by H. Beam Piper (1948) uses a timeslip to explain a mysterious actual event summarized in the story's prologue... 2003, Edward James, Farah Mendlesohn, The Cambridge companion to science fiction:

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