Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
だん
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
せん斷 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of せん断 – see the following entry.
剪断せんだん
[noun] (physics, materials science) shearing (deformation because of shearing forces)
[verb] (physics, materials science) shear (to deform because of shearing forces)
(This term, せん断, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)