What is shears?

Answer 1

The deformation of a material so that its layers move laterally over each other. In geology, shearing bends, twists, and draws out rocks along a fault or thrust plane. Such shearing is sometimes accompanied by shattering or crushing of the rock near the fault. A shearing force acts parallel to a plane rather than perpendicularly. Shear stress is the force or forces applied tangentially to the surface of a body and causing bending, twisting, or drawing out of that body.

Answer 2

Shears are a type of scisors that can be used for triming hedges and other plants or other types are used for shearing wool from sheep.

Shear - minor weaknesses in a material can cause failure because the particles move farther apart and are less attracted to each other. This can be caused by compression.

Shear - Shear pins are used in outboard motors to prevent failure of the motor (when the propeller gets tangled in weeds, a shear pin breaks and the propeller becomes disengaged with the motor and gears. The clutch and automatic transmission in a vehicle take into account shear forces, which enable parts to slip past each other and produce a smooth ride.

Answer 3

Verb

1. Cut the wool off (a sheep or another animal).
2. Break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain.

Noun

1. A strain in the structure of a substance produced by pressure, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.