Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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fatigue failure

The failure of a material, such as an adhesive or paper, resulting from a number of repetitions of load (or strain), e.g., folding or flexing, in distinction from CREEP , which is a deformation caused by the continuous application of load over an extended period of time. (17 )




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