If heat makes things expand, then why do clothes shrink in the dryer?

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If heat makes things expand, then why do clothes shrink in the dryer?

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The combination of heat and water can turn those fibers into one-way ratchets. Combine with the constant agitation those fibers then ratchet tighter and tighter and tighter, causing it to shrink.

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