伸しん縮しゅく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

expansion and contraction; stretching and shrinking; resizing

Refers to something becoming longer and shorter, larger and smaller, or being scaled. As 伸縮する it can be intransitive, and in technical or practical contexts it can also take an object such as an image or shape.

• この素そ材ざいは温おん度どによって伸しん縮しゅくする。

  This material expands and contracts depending on the temperature.

• 画が像ぞうを自じ由ゆうに伸しん縮しゅくできます。

  You can resize the image freely.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

elasticity; stretchiness; flexibility

Often describes a material's ability to stretch and return, especially in phrases such as 伸縮性のある and 伸縮のきく.

• 伸しん縮しゅく性せいのあるズボンは動うごきやすい。

  Pants with stretch are easy to move in.

• 伸しん縮しゅくのきく生き地じを選えらんだ。

  I chose a stretchable fabric.