- Shear is a form of structural failure. A
component fails by shearing when it splits into two parts that slide past each other. See shear stress and shear strength.
- In mathematics, a shear is a particular kind of linear
mapping. Mathematical shears are also called transvections.
- In clothing design, fabric may be cut on the shear. This is
done by placing the patterns at 45 degrees to the weave of the fabric. Clothing cut on
the shear is less stiff and follows the shape of the wearer's body more closely than clothing cut parallel to the weave.
- Wind shear is a difference in wind speed or direction between two wind
currents in the atmosphere.
- In lockpicking a cylinder lock, the shear line is where the inner cylinder
ends and the outer cylinder begins.
- Sheep-shearing is the
process of removing the wool from a sheep.
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