"cold flow" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cold flow (uncountable)
  1. (material science, metallurgy) Low, ambient temperature creep;particularly affecting polymers or low-melting-point (typically nonferrous) metals. Tags: material, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cold_flow-en-noun-76o48d3n Categories (other): Metallurgy, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 16 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 4 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 4 11 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  2. Viscous flow at ambient or cold temperature. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cold_flow-en-noun-QRJCwt6O

Verb

Forms: cold flows [present, singular, third-person], cold flowing [participle, present], cold flowed [participle, past], cold flowed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} cold flow (third-person singular simple present cold flows, present participle cold flowing, simple past and past participle cold flowed)
  1. (intransitive, often hyphenated) To exhibit cold flow. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cold_flow-en-verb-VRVYgJ1M
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