compression set

English

Noun

compression set (plural compression sets)

  1. The tendency of soft materials, such as elastomers, to undergo permanent deformation; the tendency of such materials to have a memory or to lose their ability to recover in a completely elastic manner.

See also

References

Discussion of compression set testing method.

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