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Maybe its the understanding of the word "stretch", that may be confusing me, or others?
When an object is a given length, and remains that length when no other forces/factors are applied to it (heat, torque, etc), it remains its given length. But when an object increases in length, due to external forces/factors ....isn't this known as "stretching"?
I'm aware that the plates remain of fixed dimensions, but if referring to the before-and-after dimensions of a chain, couldn't the increase in overall length be called "stretch"?
"Wear" is what occurs to the indivual parts of the chain, but the overall effect is lengthening.
Yes murtleflaps, I do stretch, quite a bit. ;)