lěng​suō​rè​zhàng

expand when hot and contract when cold

Senses

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

References

variant 热胀冷缩/熱脹冷縮 冷缩热胀/冷縮熱脹