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ELASTICITY OF SHEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elasticity of shear mean?
• ELASTICITY OF SHEAR (noun)
The noun ELASTICITY OF SHEAR has 1 sense:
1. the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force
Familiarity information: ELASTICITY OF SHEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("elasticity of shear" is a kind of...):
elasticity; snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed)
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