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STRETCHABILITY [3 records]

Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal and Wire Drawing
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

The quality or state of being stretchable.

OBS

stretch: to expand, enlarge or distend, esp. by force.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étirage et tréfilage
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

Propriété selon laquelle un métal peut facilement être étiré.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

plasticizer: A chemical added to polymers and resins to impart flexibility, workability, or stretchability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
DEF

Qualité, caractère de ce qui est extensible.

CONT

Extensibilité [...] de fibres végétales, de certains tissus (Élasticité). Extensible : Susceptible d'extension. [...] Tissu extensible. - Élastique.

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Packaging in Plastic
DEF

... the measure of how far a given film can be stretched over a given load profile.

CONT

To the load, stretchability is important because the amount the film is stretched determines the stretch force, the static force exerted by the film on the load.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
DEF

Mesure des possibilités d'étirage d'une pellicule plastique.

Spanish

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