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shrinkage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shrinking |
| Type of | decrease, lessening, drop-off |
| Has types | compression, condensation, contraction |
| Derivation | shrink |
the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage.
Examples of shrinkage
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To prevent shrinkage cracks in the grout, be sure it's mixed with minimal water.
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Brain shrinkage is an essential component of Alzheimer's disease, says Dr. Jack.
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Shrinkage has been postulated for other temperate-zone species of krill as well.
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All concrete structures will crack to some extent, due to shrinkage and tension.
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The next decade will see a surge of retirees and a shrinkage in the work force.
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That's the largest two-quarter shrinkage since quarterly records began in 1947.
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This is compared with shrinkage in only 17% of patients that received IL-2 alone.
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Only a planetary authority, enforcing such a shrinkage, could get the job done.
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The mice were fed DCA in water, and in weeks they had remarkable tumor shrinkage.
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- Shrinking: process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
- The amount by which something shrinks
- Shoplifting: the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
- In financial accounting the term inventory shrinkage (sometimes truncated to shrink) is the loss of products between point of manufacture or purchase from supplier and point of sale. The term shrink relates to the difference in the amount of margin or profit a retailer can obtain. ...
- In metalworking, casting involves pouring a liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then is allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process. ...
- Human penis size is the measured length and width of the human penis. The most accurate measurement of the human penis comes from several measurements at different times, as there is natural variability in size due to arousal level, time of day, room temperature, frequency of sexual activity, ...
- In statistics, shrinkage has two meanings: *In relation to the general observation that, in regression analysis, a fitted relationship appears to perform less well on a new data set than on the data set used for fitting. In particular the value of the coefficient of determination 'shrinks'. ...
- The decrease in volume, or contraction, of a material by the escape of any volatile substance, or by a chemical or physical change in the material.
- When the volume of soil is reduced due to the reduction in water content.
