cold flow

noun

Low, ambient temperature creep; particularly affecting polymers or low-melting-point (typically nonferrous) metals.

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Meanings

nouncold flow (countable and uncountable, plural cold flows)

plural cold flows

  1. countablematerialuncountableengineeringLow, ambient temperature creep; particularly affecting polymers or low-melting-point (typically nonferrous) metals.
  2. countableuncountableViscous flow at ambient or cold temperature.
verbcold flow (third-person singular simple present cold flows, present participle cold flowing, simple past and past participle cold flowed)

present singular third person cold flows · participle present cold flowing · participle past cold flowed · past cold flowed

  1. intransitiveoften hyphenatedTo exhibit cold flow.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
creep
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APA

cold flow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20flow

MLA

“cold flow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20flow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cold flow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20flow.

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