Shrinkage may refer to:

Reduction in size of a solid material

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 * Shrinkage (concrete), size reduction of concrete as it sets and ages *

Shrinkage (fabric) Dimensional stability (in fabric) is the change of dimensions in textile products when they are washed or relaxed. The change is always expressed relative to the dimensions before the exposure of washing or relaxing. Shrinkage is also called resi ...

, size reduction of fabric when washed with water or hot water * Shrinkage (wood), size reduction of wood as it dries

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Shrinkage (accounting) In accounting, inventory shrinkage (sometimes shortened to shrinkage or shrink) occurs when a retailer has fewer items in stock than in the inventory list due to clerical error, goods being damaged, lost, or stolen between the point of manufa ...

, loss of product inventory due to theft, damage, spoilage, etc. * Shrinkage defect or shrinkage void, a casting defect caused by metal solidifying from the outside inward *

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 * Shrinkage (slang)

Reduction in size of a solid material

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