Talk:shear
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic to progress by or as if by cutting
Its use as an adjective edit
Can "shear" be used as an adjective? Or are phrases like "shear strength" don't consider the word to be an adjective?--24.128.79.230 22:50, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
- You are thinking of (deprecated template usage) sheer. SemperBlotto 06:46, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
- No, he (or she) means shear strength. But it's not an adjective there, it's a noun used attributively. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 11:42, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Deformation senses edit
Chambers 1908 has slightly differing definitions, not sure whether worth merging in: "a strain where compression is answered by elongation at right angles; curve, deviation". Equinox ◑ 12:29, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
to progress by or as if by cutting edit
The cruiser sheared through the water --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:04, 26 October 2020 (UTC)