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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