shear
shir
- n (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram - n a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
- v cut with shears
shear hedges - v shear the wool from
shear sheep - v cut or cut through with shears
shear the wool off the lamb - v become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
- Students and farmers learn how to shear sheep in a class at New Mexico State University.
- Recent studies have cited wind shear as a factor in at least 27 commercial aircraft accidents since 1964.
- The El Nio Modokis also result in reduced vertical wind shear and therefore promote the creation of hurricanes.