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noun

Shrinkage n.

The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.

The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.

Decrease in value; depreciation. (Colloq.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shrinkage" Quotes from Famous Books

... Hardness of 32 woods in green condition, as indicated by the load required to imbed a 0.444-inch steel ball to one-half its diameter XIII. Cleavage strength of small clear pieces of 32 woods in green condition XIV. Specific gravity, and shrinkage of 51 American woods XV. Effect of drying on the mechanical properties of wood, shown in ratio of increase due to reducing moisture content from the green condition to kiln-dry XVI. Effect of steaming on the strength of green loblolly ...

— The Mechanical Properties of Wood • Samuel J. Record

... sunken as if from hunger, and his whole body seemed to have fallen away till his uniform hung upon him loose, unkempt, and careless. It was as if hope had been a thing of avoirdupois, and when taken away had caused a shrinkage. He had interrogated Stark again after getting the doctor, but the man had only cursed at him, declaring that his daughter was out of reach, where he would take care to keep her, and torturing the lover anew by linking Runnion's name with the girl's till ...

— The Barrier • Rex Beach

... the coalescence of the vertebrae and the shrinkage produced by mummification, the body of Ramses II. still measures over 5 ...

— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 5 (of 12) • G. Maspero

... diseases. What commercial panics and great national misfortunes do not do, particular bits of legislation are sure to do. You put something in the Constitution, or forbid something, or lose a battle, or have a "shrinkage of values," or have a cholera season, and forthwith the community turns over a new leaf, and becomes moral, economical, and sober-minded. We doubt whether this theory will ever die out, however much philosophers ...

— Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 • Edwin Lawrence Godkin

... repulse all advances which Louis Napoleon might make, and to lend the splendor of his name and the weight of his fortune only to the Cercle Royale. Two weeks devoted to this loyal end strengthened the Bourbon lines perceptibly, but resulted in a shrinkage of four thousand francs in his own. Next remembering that the aristocracy had always been the patron of the arts, he determined to make a rapid examination of the coulisses of the opera and the regions of the ballet. A six-days' reconnaissance discovered not the slightest signs ...

— Murder in Any Degree • Owen Johnson

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