Shrinkage may refer to:
Reduction in size of a solid material
Shrinkage (casting), size reduction of liquid metal as it solidifies Shrinkage (concrete), size reduction of concrete as it sets and ages Shrinkage (fabric), size reduction of fabric when washed with water or hot water Shrinkage (wood), size reduction of wood as it dries
Other uses
Shrinkage (accounting), loss of product inventory due to theft, damage, spoilage, etc. Shrinkage defect or shrinkage void, a casting defect caused by metal solidifying from the outside inward Shrinkage (statistics), a technique to improve an estimator Shrinkage (slang)
See also Degrowth Downsizing (disambiguation) Human penis size Miniaturization Resizing (fiction) Shrink (disambiguation) Swelling (disambiguation) (opposite of shrinkage)