Creep

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Creep may refer to:

In science:

  • Creep (deformation), the tendency of a solid material to slowly move or deform permanently under the influence of stresses.
  • Downhill creep, the slow progression of soil and rock down a low grade slope.
  • Aseismic creep, a slow steady movement along an earthquake fault.
  • Creep, advancing of a railway wheel more or less than is expected from rolling, without large-scale slip.
  • Superfluid creep, the tendency for a superfluid to crawl up the walls of its container.
  • Location creep, an erratic effect in real-time locating systems

In video games:

  • Creep (Starcraft), an organic ground cover necessary for constructing structures by the Zerg race in Starcraft
  • Creeps, Non-player characters in WarCraft III

In film:

In music:

In history:

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