"heat shrink" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: heat shrinks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} heat shrink (plural heat shrinks)
  1. A plastic tube that shrinks when heated, used as a mantle for wiring. The heating is typically with a heat gun or, sometimes, a lighter. Wikipedia link: heat-shrink tubing Related terms: conduit, sheath, shrink-wrap (english: not to be confused), wiring harness Translations (plastic tube that shrinks when heated): krimpkous [feminine] (Dutch), kutistesukka (Finnish), gaine thermorétractable (French), Schrumpfschlauch (German), termorestringente (Italian), film termoretraibile (Italian), rura termokurczliwa [feminine] (Polish), termorretrátil (Portuguese), termocontrátil (Portuguese), termocontraíble (Spanish), termocontractil (Spanish), tubo termorretráctil (Spanish), krympslang (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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