timeslip

English

Etymology

From time +‎ slip.

Noun

timeslip (plural timeslips)

  1. A timesheet.
    • 1937, US National Railroad Adjustment Board, Awards:
      Fireman Iver Peterson, whom Fireman Cunningham displaced, also submitted a timeslip claiming 100 miles for deadheading...
    • 1970, Management Accounting:
      Every train crew fills out a timeslip that contains sufficient information with which to compute the crew's hourly wage rate.
    • 1990, Menu International Software, The Software Catalog: Microcomputers, Winter, 1990:
      Change a timeslip into an 'expense-slip' to track costs.
  2. (drag racing) An official slip of paper showing the elapsed time for each driver.
  3. (science fiction) A phenomenon that causes unexpected time travel.
    • 1996, Rebecca A Umland, The use of Arthurian legend in Hollywood film:
      In any case, neither Morris nor Adeler used a timeslip like Twain.
    • 1999, John Clute, John Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy:
      And, although not in a timeslip tale, the horse protagonist of Richard Adams's Traveler (1988) is a creature inherently bound to General Lee...
    • 2002, Melissa Scott, The Garden:
      For an instant, she felt as though she were caught in a timeslip — her crew suffering from scurvy, the transporter a significant advantage...
    • 2003, Edward James, Farah Mendlesohn, The Cambridge companion to science fiction:
      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...
    • 2007, Dominic Head, Ian McEwan:
      In an apparently fantastic moment, Stephen experiences a timeslip that enables him to secure his own existence.
    • 2011 March 14, Paul Dale Roberts, Shannon McCabe, “The Devils Triangle and That Mysterious Fog 241246”, in H.P.I. Chronicles‎[1], volume 1, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 246:
      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.

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