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shear / shi(ə)r/ • v. (past part. shorn / shôrn/ or sheared ) 1. [tr.] cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal). ∎ cut off (something such as hair, wool, or grass), with scissors or shears: I'll shear off all that fleece. ∎ (be shorn of) have something cut off: they were shorn of their hair | fig. the richest man in the U.S. was shorn of nearly $2 billion. 2. break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain: [intr.] the derailleur sheared and jammed in the rear wheel | [tr.] the left wing had been almost completely sheared off. • n. a strain in the structure of a substance produced by pressure, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.See also wind shear. DERIVATIVES: shear·er n. |
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"shear." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shear." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-shear.html "shear." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-shear.html |
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shear pt. sheared, †shore, pp. sheared, shorn. OE. str. vb. sċ(i)eran = OS. -skeran (Du. scheren), OHG. sceran, (G. scheren), ON. skera :- Gmc. *skeran.
Hence shearling (-LING1) sheep that has been shorn Once. XIV. shearwater bird of the genus Puffinus. XVII. shears pl. (rarely sg.) scissors, now only of a large kind. OE. (i) sċērero pl., (ii) sċēara, pl. of sċēar fem., corr. to MLG. schēre, MDu. scāre, scēre (Du. schaer), OHG. skār, pl. skāri (G. schere), ON. skǽri n. pl. |
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T. F. HOAD. "shear." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "shear." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shear.html T. F. HOAD. "shear." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shear.html |
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1. Force that can break, e.g., a beam near its point of support, if that force is greater than the strength of a beam. The effect is similar to that of, e.g., a pair of scissors on hair, i.e. the force acts transversely to the axis of a structural member. 2. If a beam is composed of several horizontal layers, a weight will cause the beam to bend, so the horizontal layers will slide horizontally over each other. Shearing is therefore a cutting or sliding process. Bibliography Mitchell (1953) |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "shear." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "shear." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-shear.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "shear." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-shear.html |
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shear. A ship is subject to shear whenever it is bending. It is an imbalance between weight and buoyancy along the ship.
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"shear." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shear." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-shear.html "shear." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-shear.html |
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shear see strength of materials . |
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"shear." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shear." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-shear.html "shear." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-shear.html |
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"shear." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shear." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-shear.html "shear." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-shear.html |
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