offset creep limit meaning

[Mechanics] The maximum stress a given material can withstand in a given time without exceeding a specified quantity of creep.

Verb: offset (offset,offsetting)   `óf'set Compensate for or counterbalance "offset deposits and withdrawals" - countervail   Make up for "His...

Verb: creep (crept)   kreep Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground - crawl   To go stealthily or furtively - sneak , mouse ...

creep (up) to sb BrE spoken to pretend to like someone, especially someone in authority, and be very friendly to them so that you can get an advantage for yourself: ▪ Nigel mak...

[American slang] Fig. [for time] to pass slowly.    The minutes crept by as I awaited Mrs. Barron's telephone call.    I know the days will creep by until we final...

Verb: creep in Enter surreptitiously "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in" - sneak in Derived forms: creeps in, creeping in, crept in Type o...

1. creep in • creep into sth if a feeling creeps in or into something, you gradually begin to feel or notice it: ▪ Doubt started creeping into her mind. Maybe he was lying? ...

1. creep in • creep into sth if a feeling creeps in or into something, you gradually begin to feel or notice it: ▪ Doubt started creeping into her mind. Maybe he was lying? ...

[Economics] An instruction to a broker to buy or sell shares, stocks, commodities, currencies, etc., as specified, at a stated limiting price (i.e. not above a stated price if buying or no...

Noun: limit    limit The greatest possible degree of something "to the limit of his ability" - bound , boundary   Final or latest limiting point - ...