shear
/ʃɪɚ/ sustantivo C2En español: cizalla, cizallado, cizalladura
- 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
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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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