Definitions for wear and tear
tɛərwear and tear

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. depreciation, wear and tearnoun

   decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use

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1. wear and tearnoun

   damage or depreciation resulting from ordinary use

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1. Wear and tear

   Wear and tear is damage that naturally and inevitably occurs as a result of normal wear or aging. It is used in a legal context for such areas as warranty contracts from manufacturers, which usually stipulate that damage from wear and tear will not be covered. Wear and tear is a form of depreciation which is assumed to occur even when an item is used competently and with care and proper maintenance. For example, repeated impacts may cause stress to a hammer's head. This stress is impossible to prevent in the normal use of the tool for its designed task, and any attempt to avert it impedes its functionality. At the same time, it is expected that the normal use of a hammer will not break it beyond repair during a reasonable life cycle. The phenomenon of wear and tear reflects the second law of thermodynamics, in which objects stray from their original form and function over time unless energy from an external force is used to maintain them. If restoration is impossible, an object is regarded as consumable. Parts that are designed to wear inside a machine—e.g., bearings and O-rings—are intended to be replaced with new ones; consumables like paper, cardboard, fabrics, and product packaging are designed with a service life commensurate with their intended use. For example, grocery stores may issue customers a paper or plastic sack to carry out groceries, but it is intended that the sack will have a short lifespan before wear and tear would cause it to fail. Durable goods (e.g., automobiles, heavy machinery, mainframe computers, musical instruments, handguns, water heaters, furnaces) are designed with wear parts that are maintained generally by replacement of parts. One way to determine if a good is durable or not is whether a service technician or repairman would typically attempt repairs on it. A specialist may need to be consulted, such as an auto mechanic, a computer technician, a luthier, a gunsmith, or a plumber. An automobile's engine may be repairable with a simple adjustment or replacement of a single and inexpensive broken part. Similarly, an electric water heater element that fails from years of wear and tear may be replaced rather than the entire water heater. Whereas an automobile needs consumable fuel and lubricants to operate, components such as tires, seats, and paint are subject to wear and tear and typically are not covered under any warranty when subjected to normal use.

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1. wear and tear

   Wear and tear is the damage or deterioration that naturally occurs over time due to normal use, aging or exposure. It refers to the loss of value, functionality, or usability of any object or property, such as furniture, clothing, buildings, or machinery, due to normal wear, decay, or weathering.

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1. Wear and tear

   Wear and tear is damage that naturally and inevitably occurs as a result of normal wear or aging. It is used in a legal context for such areas as warranty contracts from manufacturers, which usually stipulate that damage due to wear and tear will not be covered. Wear and tear is a form of depreciation which is assumed to occur even when an item is used competently and with care and proper maintenance. For example, repeated impacts may cause stress to a hammer's head. In the normal use of a hammer for its designed task, this stress is impossible to prevent, and any attempt to eliminate it would make the hammer useless. At the same time, it is expected that the normal use of a hammer will not break it beyond repair until it has gone through a certain amount of use. The phenomenon of tear and wear is a good demonstration of the Second Law of Thermodynamics in action—roughly speaking, objects will get messier and more worn down over time, unless energy from the outside world is used to fix them. A company which supports a warranty on a product with the possibility of tear and wear will usually limit the warranty to a period of time where its tear and wear will probably not be enough to impede the use of the product significantly. Other factors such as the willingness of a customer to replace a product through warranty will affect how long the company offers it.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wear and tear

   The decay and deterioration of the hull, spars, sails, ropes, and other stores of a ship in the course of a voyage.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wear and tear

   Said of military stores which have been worn out in service; as, the equipments were rendered useless by the wear and tear of service.

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1. • Financial Loss
   • Non-cash Expense

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wear and tear in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wear and tear in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of wear and tear in a Sentence

1. Rolf Bulander:

   The companies can monitor the distance driven and set up an early appointment with a garage if parts are suffering from wear and tear.

2. Energy Aspects analyst Trevor Sikorksi:

   The facility is showing signs of wear and tear and we have seen a decrease in the operational reliability of Rough over the last couple of years. It is hard to expect that it will get better.

3. Ceara Chewning:

   We're starting to see more than general wear and tear. The seams are showing and you're seeing frayed edges. In some spots, it's so thread bear the underlying mat pokes through, it's been on the floor for more than 20 years. Someone did a calculation and figured about 300 million people have passed over it.

4. Fabian De Jesus:

   I had planned on getting her a new machine for graduation, but I believe that current college kids put an enormous stress on laptops these days, i have seen more wear and tear on laptops of college students than laptops of constant travelers in my office.

5. Neda Gould:

   To better understand the process of forgiveness, it might be useful to step back and look at the process of holding on to anger, anger is a form of stress, and so when we hold on to anger it is as though we are turning on the body's stress response, or fight or flight response, chronically. We know that turning on this response chronically leads to wear and tear on the body.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wear and tear
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wear_and_Tear
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_and_Tear
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wear and tear
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=wear and tear
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html