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shear
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[ noun ] (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
Examples "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram" Used in print (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)By the use of various weights , data for a force rate of shear graph can be obtained . This gives a rate of shear of * * f . Two of the fluids showed a high positive normal pressure when undergoing shear , and two showed small negative pressures which were negligible in_comparison_with the amount of the positive pressures generated by the other two . However , they do demonstrate the presence of large normal pressures in the presence of flat shear fields which were forecast by the theory in the first part of the paper . The actual change * * f caused by a shear field is calculated by multiplying the pressure differential times the volume , just_as_it_is for any gravitational or osmotic_pressure head . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cut with shears, as of hedges
Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)A second and also good practice is to shear off the tops , leaving an inch high stub with just a leaf or two on each branch . I like to shear half my plants at_a_time , leaving one half of them to blossom while the second_half is getting_started on its new round of blooming . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)There is one exception to the above statement as has been pointed_out , and that is that fluids can relax by flowing into fields of lower rates of shear , so the statement should be modified by stating that the mechanics are similar . |
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[ verb ] cut or cut through with shears
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[ noun ] (usually plural) large scissors with strong blades
Synonyms Related terms scissors pruning_shears snips thinning_shears clipper fleece |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12730
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[ noun ] edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
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