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    Shear
    Shear intransitive verb 1. To deviate. See Sheer . 2. (Engineering) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direc...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/84
    
    
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    shear
    1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth. ... It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth. ... 2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (s...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?shear
    
    
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    shear
    noun a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shear
    
    
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    shear
    noun (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; `the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shear
    
    
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    shear
    (shēr) an applied force that tends to cause an opposite but parallel sliding motion of the planes of an object. Such motions cause tissues and blood vessels to move in such a way that blood flow may be interrupted, placing the patient at risk for pressure ulcers. An example of a shearing force ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    Shear
    • (v. t.) A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears. • (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of c...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/shear/
    
    
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    shear
    (from the article `strain`) ...the acute angle BAF when the tube is twisted. The change in the right angle is, therefore, equal to angle BAC the tangent of which, by definition, ... For many fluids the tangential, or shearing, stress that causes flow is directly proportional to the rate of shear str...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/78
    
    
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    Shear
    [geology] Shear is the response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress and forms particular textures. Shear can be homogeneous or non-homogeneous, and may be pure shear or simple shear. Study of geological shear is related to the study of structural geology, rock microstructu...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_(geology)
    
    
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    Shear
    To cut off sheet or bar metal between two blades.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21038
    
    
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    Shear
    A condition or force causing two contacting parts of a material to slide past each other in opposite directions parallel to their plane of contact.
    Found op http://www.areforum.org/up/GeneralStructures/JOIST%20AND%20STRUCTURAL%20GLO
    
    
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    shear
    A condition of stress or strain where parallel planes slide relative to each other
    Found op http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/glossary/view_glossarylist.html?term=s
    
    
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    shear
    That type of force that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of the same body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21115
    
    
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    SHEAR
    It is the rate of change over a short duration. In wind shear, it can refer to the frequent change in wind speed within a short distance. It can occur vertically or horizontally. Directional shear is a frequent change in direction within a short distance, which can also occur vertically or horizonta...
    Found op http://www.weather.com/glossary/s.html
    
    

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