shear
/ʃɪɚ/ noun C2- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- Forces that push in opposite directions.
- The phenomenon of wind shear.
- A specific instance of wind shear. · We hit a nasty shear on approach and had to go around.
- A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.
- The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
Plural shears
From the library
If you want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill me in an instant; but if you want my fleece and wool, there is the shearer, who will shear and not hurt me.”
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