shrinkage
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Shrinkage
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or fact of shrinking |
| 2. | the amount by which anything decreases in size, value, weight, etc |
| 3. | the loss in body weight during shipment and preparation of livestock for marketing as meat |
| 4. | the loss of merchandise in a retail store through theft or damage |
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Example sentences
It offers excellent performance in properties such as shock absorption, insulation value and moulding shrinkage.
Astronomers say that the gradual cooling of the moon's interior probably caused the shrinkage.
Aging has the same effect, and the shrinkage may be linked to learning.
Economic shrinkage due to ecological collapse will entail population shrinkage.
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