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compression set

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
com-pres-sion set
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tendency of soft materials, such as elastomers, to undergo permanent deformation; the tendency of such materials to have a memory or to lose their ability to recover in a completely elastic manner.

Inflected Forms

compression sets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

viscoelastic

Questions

What does compression set mean?
The tendency of soft materials, such as elastomers, to undergo permanent deformation; the tendency of such materials to have a memory or to lose their ability to recover in a completely elastic manner.

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