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   shear

   /ʃɪə/

   verb

   • 1. cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal): "Paul has never sheared a sheep before"
   • ▪ cut off (something such as hair, wool, or grass), with scissors or shears: "I'll shear off all that fleece"
   • ▪ have something cut off: "they were shorn of their hair"
   • 2. break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain: "the gear sheared and jammed in the rear wheel"

   noun

   • 1. a strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other: "the water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear"

   Word Origin Old Englishsceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shearer noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   How do you calculate shear strength?

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   What should the area under a shear force diagram be?

   • The area under the shear force diagram above the x-axis should equal the area between the x-axis and the shear force diagram below the x-axis. i.e the area should sum to zero. Check this is true in our above example. Any points where the shear force diagram cross the x-axis will be a max or min Bending Moment

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   What is the difference between shear stress and shear strain?

   • The shear stress, however, requires two subscripts, the first representing the plane of action and the second designating the direction of the stress. Similar to shear strain, the sign of the shear stress depends on coordinate system orientation. For example, on a plane with a normal in the positive x direction, positive t

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSHEAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SHEAR definition: 1. to cut the wool off a sheep: 2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin…. Learn more.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › shearShear Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   shear: [verb] to cut off the hair from. to reap with a sickle. to cut or trim with shears or a similar instrument.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSHEAR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   13 meanings: 1. to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc) by cutting or clipping 2. to cut or cut through (something) with.... Click for more definitions.

6. www.dictionary.com › browse › shearSHEAR Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Shear definition: . See examples of SHEAR used in a sentence.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySHEAR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   SHEAR meaning: 1. to cut the wool off a sheep: 2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin…. Learn more.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › shearShear - definition of shear by The Free Dictionary

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   Define shear. shear synonyms, shear pronunciation, shear translation, English dictionary definition of shear. to clip or cut; remove hair or fleece from: shear the ...

9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › shearShear - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A shear is a cutting implement that looks like a long pair of scissors. Also like scissors, this form of the noun is usually plural. You can cut metal, prune a tree, or cut up a chicken with shears.