Meaning of timeslip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A timesheet.
2. An official slip of paper showing the elapsed time for each driver.
3. A phenomenon that causes unexpected time travel.

Examples

“Fireman Iver Peterson, whom Fireman Cunningham displaced, also submitted a timeslip claiming 100 miles for deadheading...”

“Every train crew fills out a timeslip that contains sufficient information with which to compute the crew's hourly wage rate.”

“Change a timeslip into an 'expense-slip' to track costs.”

“In any case, neither Morris nor Adeler used a timeslip like Twain.”

“And, although not in a timeslip tale, the horse protagonist of Richard Adams's Traveler (1988) is a creature inherently bound to General Lee...”

“For an instant, she felt as though she were caught in a timeslip — her crew suffering from scurvy, the transporter a significant advantage...”

“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...”

“In an apparently fantastic moment, Stephen experiences a timeslip that enables him to secure his own existence.”

“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.”

““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.””

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