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SLIP RING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slip ring mean?
• SLIP RING (noun)
The noun SLIP RING has 1 sense:
1. connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts
Familiarity information: SLIP RING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slip ring" is a kind of...):
connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion (an instrumentality that connects)
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