Meaning of Regain | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or process of regaining something.
2. The amount of width a woven cloth grows by when the fibers swell, used to determine the width of the reed to use in weaving.

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Examples

“Patients who plateau after weight loss are more likely to blame the regain on something that they are responsible for – the wrong course of action they took or a specic oversight that they kept repeating–rather than who they are.”

“By beginning deeper, this allows the opposition to start and build much higher, naturally luring them away from their own goal. As long as the actions after a regain are then quick, forward, and performed with quality, counter-attacks can prove a particularly useful attacking strategy to win football matches.”

“The samples with SAPs showed a regain in strength when stored in an RH of more than 90%.”

“Negative collective memories are effective, as much as positive memories, in choosing a regain for lost heritage building associated with them.”

“The number of ends per inch may vary to some slight extent at different places in the width of the cloth and in different pieces woven to the same particulars , but if the regain is correctly estimated , the calculated reed to be used will be the same, unless a special reed has been used in weaving the cloth.”

“In particular, at high humidities the regain of wool is lower.”

“Because of the fiber price per pound, and the size of the lots, the regain must be determined accurately.”

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