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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Hot and cold
Is there a word or an idiom to express this:
To expand when hot and to shrink when cold
To expand when hot and to shrink when cold
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I googled 'shrinkage and expansion', Jobb, but nothing seemed to suggest a single term for this physical property. It seems to me there might be one, to go along with 'malleability', but it does not come to mind, sorry. I hope someone else has a bright idea.
- I googled 'shrinkage and expansion', Jobb, but nothing seemed to suggest a single term for this physical property.
- It seems to me there might be one, to go along with 'malleability', but it does not come to mind, sorry.
- I hope someone else has a bright idea.
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I googled 'shrinkage and expansion', Jobb, but nothing seemed to suggest a single term for this physical property. It seems to me there might be one, to go along with 'malleability', but it does not come to mind, sorry.
I hope someone else has a bright idea.
I hope someone else has a bright idea.
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Thermal Expansion:
Definition: Deformation due to temperature changes.
Example: Materials expand as they are heated and shrink as they cool. Seasonal variations in temperature are sufficient to cause appreciable thermal movements in large structures, a factor which a civil engineer has to consider in the design of roadways, bridges and buildings.
Definition: Deformation due to temperature changes.
Example: Materials expand as they are heated and shrink as they cool. Seasonal variations in temperature are sufficient to cause appreciable thermal movements in large structures, a factor which a civil engineer has to consider in the design of roadways, bridges and buildings.
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