Shrinkage may refer to:
Reduction in size of a solid material
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Shrinkage (casting)
In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape. The metal is ...
, size reduction of liquid metal as it solidifies
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Shrinkage (concrete), size reduction of concrete as it sets and ages
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Shrinkage (fabric), size reduction of fabric when washed with water or hot water
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Shrinkage (wood), size reduction of wood as it dries
Other uses
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Shrinkage (accounting), loss of product inventory due to theft, damage, spoilage, etc.
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Shrinkage defect or shrinkage void, a casting defect caused by metal solidifying from the outside inward
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Shrinkage (statistics)
In statistics, shrinkage is the reduction in the effects of sampling variation. 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 co ...
, a technique to improve an estimator
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Shrinkage (slang)
Human penises vary in size on a number of measures, including length and circumference when flaccid and erect. Besides the natural variability of human penises in general, there are factors that lead to minor variations in a particular male, ...
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Degrowth
Degrowth (french: décroissance) is a term used for both a political, economic, and social movement as well as a set of theories that critique the paradigm of economic growth. It can be described as an extensive framework that is based on crit ...
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Downsizing (disambiguation)
Downsize or Downsizing may refer to:
* Downsizing an image in digital graphics, see Image scaling;
* Downsize (automobile), reduce size of a motor vehicle
* ''Downsizing'' (film), a 2017 science fiction comedy film by Alexander Payne
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Human penis size
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Miniaturization
Miniaturization ( Br.Eng.: ''Miniaturisation'') is the trend to manufacture ever smaller mechanical, optical and electronic products and devices. Examples include miniaturization of mobile phones, computers and vehicle engine downsizing. In ele ...
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Resizing (fiction)
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Shrink (disambiguation)
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Swelling (disambiguation)
Swelling may refer to:
*Edema, a transient abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not caused by a tumor
*Die swell, the increase in cross-sectional area of a polymer after it exits an extrusion die
*Swelling capacity, the amount of liquid that ...
(opposite of shrinkage)
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