springback

plural springbacks

1. countableAn inner false joint on a bound book, springing upward from the true or outer back when the book is opened flat.
2. uncountableThe amount by which a material such as metal or wood springs back after being bent.

   It is more frequently used to overbend predictable small springback.

   1988, Orville D. Lascoe, Handbook of Fabrication Processes, page 33

   2 more examples

   This unit features precalculation of required overbend, which Datex calls "adaptive springback compensation."

   1967, Product Engineering - Volume 38, page 106

   Design the form to allow for overbend (20 to 30%), to compensate for springback.

   2002, Lon Schleining, The Complete Manual of Wood Bending, page 25