warpage
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːrpeɪdʒ/
- Specialized
- The wood parts, made of obdurate walnut to resist damp and warpage, he had sawed, sanded, and fitted, inhaling the mephitic dust.
- warpage or distortion
Examples
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Warpage, worn-out appliances, inefficient heating plants, roofing problems, foundation cracks, etc.
Blog text (29) -
Warpage. Relevant to 3-D analysis when a node on a single face of a solid (or plate or shell element) deviates from a single plane.
Academic text (1996) -
I tend to cook it in the cast iron with very little warpage.
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Such a propagating warpage is called a gravitational wave.
Academic text (1999) -
The severity of such distortion or warpage will also be affected by plate layout.
Academic text (1998) -
This permits modeling of the shrinkage film and film warpage, both characteristics of MST applications.
Academic text (1997) -
To minimize computational errors, excess warpage or element distortion should be minimized.
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Since most tanks are constructed of 3/16- to 1/4-inch roof plates, the heat generated by complete seal welding across the surface may cause unattractive plate distortion or warpage.
Academic text (1998) -
The warpage of the wooden shelf made it impossible to place books evenly on it.
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Due to warpage caused by humidity, the picture frame no longer held the picture securely.
Synonyms
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A change in shape or appearance that makes things look less accurate
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A change that makes something curve from being straight
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A change in the shape of an object that makes it look or work worse
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A twisting of a body part or object into an unusual shape
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A force that twists an object so it turns around its axis
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A bend or twist that makes something lose its shape
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A bending of a joint like a knee or elbow
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A bent, not straight shape like a picture frame or tree trunk
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The way something becomes a different form when it is bent, heated, or pressed
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Something that no longer looks like its original form after bending or heat
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A curve that bends inward
Bending of a beam or other part so it is not straight
A part of something that bends inward like a spine or branch
Antonyms
How Distorted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Warpage comes from the word warp, which means 'to twist' or 'bend', plus the ending -age, which shows a 'result'. So warpage is the bending or twisting that happens to something, like when heat or moisture makes a door or plastic part change shape.