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In general, intermolecular bonds are "stretched" by the energy of faster moving molecules. This makes the material larger when heated. Similarly, decreasing external pressure will allow the bonds artifically compressed to expand. Other than that, if your stretch a material in one axis mechanically (Hooke's law), it gets smaller / thinner off axis. As if the material's volume were a constant (up to a point).

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