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shrink rates

shrink rates is the plural of shrink rate.

Meaning of shrink rate

Noun

shrink rate (plural shrink rates)

  1. The percentage or fraction of an original size, weight, or mass that is lost when an object or material shrinks.
    • Patternmakers, moldmakers, diemakers, and toolmakers must understand the shrink rates of the materials involved in the casting, molding, and stamping processes.
  2. The percentage or fraction of an original inventory that is left after reductions from theft, spoilage, evaporation, mislaying, and so on.
    • Retail analysts must understand the shrink rates of the businesses whose performance they forecast.

Questions about shrink rates

What is shrink rates the plural of?
Shrink rates is the plural of shrink rate.

Words near shrink rates in the dictionary

  1. shrink away
  2. shrink back
  3. shrink band
  4. shrink down
  5. shrink rate
  6. shrink rates
  7. shrink ray
  8. shrink rays
  9. shrink up
  10. shrink-swell
  11. shrink-wrap

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