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  • flying shear

    (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.

  • rocking shear

    a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.

  • shear legs

    shear (def 16).

  • shear modulus

    The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.

  • shear stress

    the external force acting on an object or surface parallel to the slope or plane in which it lies; the stress tending to produce shear.

  • shearwater

    any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
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