Word Finder - shear

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A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.

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The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.

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Forces that push in opposite directions.

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A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.

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The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.

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To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

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To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.

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To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.

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To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.

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To make a vertical cut in the coal.

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To reap, as grain.

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To deprive of property; to fleece.

The look of shear fury on his face replaced her anger with fear.

The distribution of shear is given by the partially shaded rectangles.

The shear lust in them left her wishing he had looked elsewhere.

The shaded rectangles represent the distribution of shear due to the load at C, while no may be termed the datum line of shear.

The same necessity for computing shear and flexure applies to the floor beams. The floors between the girders are constructed of " I" beams, spaced generally about 5 ft.

She was with him, too, during his earlier Caspian campaigns, and was obliged on this occasion to shear off her beautiful hair and wear a close-fitting fur cap to protect her from the rays of the sun.

As the load travels, the shear at the head of the train will be given by the ordinates of a parabola having its vertex at A, and a maximum F max.

Also mn/mf = hk/kf 'or' mn-W (l-x)/l, which is the reaction at A due to the load at C, and is the shear at any point of AC. Similarly, po is the reaction at B and shear at any point of CB.

The innovative solution arrived at by Halcrow was to reduce the shear forces at the supports by shortening the spans.

Everyone 's initial response was to look up in utter amazement at the shear scale of the mountain.

A dynamic viscometer is one where the shear rate can both controlled and measured (e.g a cone and plate viscometer).

This is to account for factors such as wind shear and torque on the tower itself.

Cut them into circles, diamonds or triangles, or cut the edges with a fancy pinking shear that mimics the shape of the border on your page.

This gardening tool is a hand-held, heavy duty gardening shear with a special blade called a bypass blade.

Outdoor gardenias, especially more mature plants, may have tough stems that require a nice, sharp bypass pruning shear.

Carnassials-The last upper premolar teeth in the mouths of cats and other carnivores, adapted to shear or puncture food.

Although there is more than one extant hair salon entitled "Shear Movement", the majority of people discussing the Shear Movement hair salon are really talking about the salon located in Washington, DC.

Here, after demonstrating that shear deformation alone makes little qualitative difference, the case of initial curvature is examined in some detail.

This Shear Movement is a full-service salon that offers a wealth of hair styling and coloring procedures, and is mainly geared towards African American hair types.

It is customary to pluck the wool by hand rather than shear it, as this is believed to ensure a finer second crop. Black-faced and Cheviots are also found in some places.

Example 3.-Analysing in this way the rotation of a rectangle filled with liquid into the two components of shear, the stream function 1//1 is to be made to satisfy the conditions v 2 /1 =0, 111+IRx 2 = IRa 2, or /11 =o when x= = a, +b1+IRx 2 = I Ra2, y ' 1 = IR(a 2 -x 2), when y = b Expanded in a Fourier series, 2 232 2 cos(2n+ I)Z?rx/a a -x 7r3 a Lim (2n+I) 3 ' (1) so that '?"

The inclined tensions and compressions in the bars of a braced web are equivalent to this shear.

For a train advancing from the left, the travelling load shear in the left half of the span is of a different sign from that due to the dead load.

Next let the loads advance a distance a so that W2 comes to C. Then the shear at C is R(n+a)/l - WI, plus any reaction d at B, due to any additional load which has come on the girder during the movement.

Such a line has for abscissa the distance of a load from one end of a girder, and for ordinate the bending moment or shear at any given section, or on any member, due to that load.

The greatest shear at C' of the opposite sign to that due to the loading of the longer segment occurs with the shorter segment loaded.

In very short girders the shear must be computed, and in long girders the deflexion, particularly the flexure from the variable load, since a flexure of more than of the length is liable to crack the plastering of the ceilings carried by the girders.

The Michael Else crew reports being caught in an ensuing wind shear " that very nearly capsized us.

We find the flywheel is too heavy for SX and Li type crankshafts as the taper is thin and tends to shear or spin.

Watch the video clips of the bubble raft undergoing compressive, tensile and shear deformation.

When shear force is decreased this leads to a decrease in anterior tibial displacement.

Down syndromeere was a lad who joined us who has downs syndrome he was quite a character, shear determination.

Work of adhesion values calculated from the surface energetics correlated well with the interfacial shear strength values of the composites.

Leading the sale at 750gns was a two shear ewe sired by Stockton Dominator and out of a Bridgestone Hercules ewe sired by Stockton Dominator and out of a Bridgestone Hercules ewe.

An Annan bred 3 shear ewe early in the sale sold at 750gns.

Dating deformation using Rb-Sr in white mica; greenschist facies deformation ages from the Entrelor shear zone, Italian Alps.

The same approach is now being applied to hornblende and plagioclase from amphibolite facies shear zones.

At less than 90 degrees of abduction the deltoid muscle force creates a shear vector in the glenoid fossa.

The difference in the shear modulus has been suggested as the main factor in determining the hardness of the multilayer system.

Finalizing a general method for channel conveyance, velocity distribution, boundary shear stress distribution and sediment transport for river hydraulics.

They are often accompanied by high pollutant concentrations, traffic impediments due to restricted visibility or wind shear, and interference with health.

In contrast to other optical methods of the detection of Shear force interactions the fiber interferometer enables to measure the tip amplitude oscillation.

Shear is the predominant cause of failure in all cases; independent of material microstructure, loading configuration or specimen size [3] .

In reality the values of shear modulus G are much lower.

The vertical reinforcement of the masonry shear wall should be anchored into the floor to ensure loads transfer.

Use of prefabricated punching shear reinforcement This is a specific form of reinforcement rationalization relating to the provision of reinforcement to resist punching shear.

This must cause the same amount of right-lateral shear in eastern Iran.

It is therefore natural to study the macroscopic parameters of the fluids under different conditions, such as steady and oscillatory shear.

The effects of oblique propagation and a magnetic field shear are taken into account.

Using these analytical solutions, the effect of the velocity shear on the damping rate of the surface wave can easily be investigated.