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Перевод: shrinkage

[существительное]
усадка ; сжатие; сокращение; усушка

Тезаурус:

1. caused by normal settlement or shrinkage or to solid floors caused by compaction of infill
2. Peat wastes as a result of shrinkage, oxidation, and bacterial action, all triggered by the drying effect of drainage upon peat.
3. Catastrophic floods inundated the region in 1636 and again in 1697, exacerbated no doubt by deliberate sabotage by the commoners, but also caused by the insufficient capacity of the new channels and by peat shrinkage.
4. A symbol of the less controllable results of technology, the Holme Post, a cast-iron column believed by some to have come from the Crystal Palace, was sunk into the ground near Whittlesey, to measure peat shrinkage.
5. This way, all the grain travels in the same direction and you do not store up shrinkage problems.
6. damage caused by settlement or shrinkage;
7. George Sturt, who wrote about his practical experience of running a wheelwright's shop at the end of last century, describes the constant problem of shrinkage of timber wheel stocks in high summer:
8. Also following 1976, the Building Regulations required foundations to be deeper to avoid the effects of shrinkage, particularly in clay soils.
9. The Pumping Station at this village on the River Witham near Tattershall was built to drain the surrounding land because shrinkage of the peat ( see Holme Fen) has left the surface level lower than the rivers.
10. Trees such as poplars, elms, limes and oaks account for much shrinkage in soil and should not be closer to the building than 1.5 times their own height.
11. Such inadequacies were made far worse by something which Vermuyden could not have foreseen: peat shrinkage.
12. On a new house one expects to see shrinkage cracks in the plaster on walls and ceilings, but not on the outside.
13. Because timber-frame is a dry construction method, the homes can be decorated immediately without the risk of shrinkage and cracking which can occur as a result of humidity in brick and block build.