Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 51 compound words that contain shear. The most common are listed below. Open shear in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- shear stressThe component of stress that causes parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.
- throatless shearA cutting tool used to make complex straight and curved cuts in sheet metal.
- shear waveA wave that changes the medium through which it travels to change its shape but not its volume or density.
- shear legsA form of derrick, consisting of three poles and a block and tackle, used to hoist and lower heavy weights, especially the masts of sailing ships.
- wind shearVariation in wind speed or direction over a short spatial distance.
- shear poleAlternative form of shearpole: A horizontal crosspiece.
- shear centreThe point where a shear force can act without producing any twist in the section. In general not the centroid, but a point through which a force transverse to the axis of a beam section can act and not cause any twisting of the beam …
- shear lineAlternative form of shearline: A line which separates regions of differing wind velocity.
- shear steelA steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
- shear strengthThe resistance to forces that cause or tend to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their contrast.
- shear wallAlternative form of shearwall: An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building
- shear wavesplural of shear wave: A wave that changes the medium through which it travels to change its shape but not its volume or density.
- shear zoneA thin zone within the Earth's crust or upper mantle that has been strongly deformed, due to the walls of rock on either side of the zone slipping past each other.
- shear viscosityResistance to flowing.
- alligator shearA metal-cutting shear with a hinged jaw, powered by a flywheel or hydraulic cylinder.
- shear modulusA measure of the elastic shear stiffness of a material, defined as the ratio of shear stress to shear strain.
- shear-thinningwhose viscosity decreases with increasing shear rate
- shear-thickeningwhose viscosity increases with increasing shear rate
- guillotine shearsingular of guillotine shears
- squaring shearA machine, often operated by foot pedal or hydraulics, used to cut sheet metal in a straight line to create 90-degree angles and trim edges to create perpendicular corners.
- shear centresplural of shear centre: The point where a shear force can act without producing any twist in the section. In general not the centroid, but a point through which a force transverse to the axis of a beam section can act and not cause any …
- shear linesplural of shear line: A line which separates regions of differing wind velocity.
- shear polesplural of shear pole: A horizontal crosspiece.
- shear strengthsplural of shear strength: The resistance to forces that cause or tend to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their contrast.
- shear wallsplural of shear wall: An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building
Compound words 51
- ShermanA surname
- shearwaterAny of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.
- shearlingA sheep that has been shorn for the first time
- shearmanOne whose occupation is to shear cloth.
- beshearTo shear or shave off; shear or shave all over.
- sheartailThe common tern, Sterna hirundo.
- magnetoshearmagnetic shear
- preshearshear applied before another process
- shearbillA seabird, the black skimmer.
- shearlineA line which separates regions of differing wind velocity.