冷縮熱脹
lěng​suō​rè​zhàng

expand when hot and contract when cold

  • created sense approved 冷缩热胀/冷縮熱脹 · lěng​suō​rè​zhàng · expand when hot and contract when cold — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    冷缩热胀 / 冷縮熱脹

    lěng​suō​rè​zhàng

    expand when hot and contract when cold

    (variant form) to contract as it cools and expand as it heats up, used especially in physics to describe the thermal properties of matter

    冷 (literal) → 冷 · lěng · cold 缩 (literal) → 缩/縮 · suō · to shrink 热 (literal) → 热/熱 · rè · hot 胀 (literal) → 胀/脹 · zhàng · to swell

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