- Look up
shear in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Shear may
refer to:
Animal shearing, the
collection of wool from
various species Sheep shearing The removal...
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Shear stress (often
denoted by τ, Gr****: tau) is the
component of
stress coplanar with a
material cross section. It
arises from the
shear force, the component...
- In
materials science,
shear modulus or
modulus of rigidity,
denoted by G, or
sometimes S or μ, is a
measure of the
elastic shear stiffness of a material...
- atmosphere.
Atmospheric wind
shear is
normally described as
either vertical or
horizontal wind
shear.
Vertical wind
shear is a
change in wind
speed or...
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Shear legs, also
known as sheers, shears, or
sheer legs, are a form of two-legged
lifting device.
Shear legs may be permanent,
formed of a
solid A-frame...
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Rhonda Honey Shear (born
November 12, 1954) is an
American television personality, comedienne, actress, and entrepreneur. She is
known for her role as...
- loads. A
shear wall
resists loads parallel to the
plane of the wall. Collectors, also
known as drag members,
transfer the
diaphragm shear to
shear walls...
- An
alligator shear,
historically known as a
lever shear and
sometimes as a
crocodile shear, is a metal-cutting
shear with a
hinged jaw,
powered by a flywheel...
- In rheology,
shear thinning is the non-Newtonian
behavior of
fluids whose viscosity decreases under shear strain. It is
sometimes considered synonymous...
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Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an
American Internet entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded the live
video platform Justin.tv.
Shear became the
chief executive...