shear

En français : cisailles, cisaille, tondeuse, tonte

1. A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger. (countable, uncountable)
2. A large machine use for cutting sheet metal. (countable, uncountable)
3. The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing. (countable, uncountable)
4. Forces that push in opposite directions. (countable, uncountable)
5. The phenomenon of wind shear. (uncountable)
6. A specific instance of wind shear. (countable) · We hit a nasty shear on approach and had to go around.
7. 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. (countable, uncountable)
8. The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures. (countable, uncountable)

Pluriel shears