Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun slip_ring

1 sense of slip ring

Sense 1
slip ring -- (connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts)
       => connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective -- (an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers")