Shrinkage is both the irreversible process and the result of the process.

收缩是不可逆转的过程以及是进程的结果。

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The stress produced during the process of drying had a certain relation with moisture gradient, shrinkage, moisture and stress index.

干燥过程中产生的应力与含水率梯度、干缩量和含水率、应力指标，存在一定的相关关系。

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Localized heating from the welding process and subsequent rapid cooling induces welding shrinkage stresses along weld bead during welding thin-wall plate and causes structural buckling distortions.

在薄板焊接中，由于局部加热和迅速冷却产生了沿焊缝方向的焊接收缩应力，而导致焊接薄板发生屈曲变形。

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No one knows exactly what the right balance of debt and equity is in an economy, but the shrinkage of securitisation in particular makes it more likely that the process of deleveraging will overshoot.

ECONOMIST: Banks will still make money, just less of it