cisaillement

French

Etymology

From cisailler (“to clip; to shear”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cisaillement m (plural cisaillements)

1. shear stress
2. windshear

Further reading

• “cisaillement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.