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:''For similarly pronounced words, see [[sheer]], [[Shere]], or [[sher]].''
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'''Shear''' as a noun may refer to:
*[[Bias (textile)]], in clothing design, fabric may be cut on the shear
*[[Cosmic shear]], an effect of distortion of image of distant galaxies due to deflection of light by matter, as predicted by general relativity (see also [[gravitational lens]])
*[[Shear (geology)]], a form of fault in rocks
*[[Guillotine (metalwork)]], also called a shear, a machine used to cut sheet metal
*[[Simple shear]], a special case of deformation of a fluid
*[[Shear (fluid)]], in fluid dynamics, refers to the shear stresses and responses thereto in fluids
*[[Shear mapping]], a particular type of mapping in linear algebra, also called ''transvection''
*[[Shear rate]], a gradient of velocity in a flowing material
*[[Shear stress]] in physics, refers to a stress state that will cause shearing (see verb) when it exceeds a material's shear strength
*[[Shear strength (soil)]], the shear strength of soil under loading
*[[Shear line (locksmithing)]], where the inner cylinder ends and the outer cylinder begins in a cylinder lock
*[[Shear line (meteorology)]], an area of wind shear
*[[Wind shear]], a difference in wind speed or direction between two wind currents in the atmosphere
*[[Shear wall]], in structural engineering
*[[Shear forming]] in metal working (manufacturing), a metal spinning
'''Shear''' as a verb or '''shearing''' may refer to:
*[[Shearing (physics)]], the deformation of a material substance in which parallel internal surfaces slide past one another
*[[Shearing (metalworking)]], a metalworking process
*[[Shearing interferometer]], in optics, a simple and very common means to check the collimation of beams by observing interference
*[[Sheep shearing]], the process of removing the wool from a sheep
*Shearing in computer graphics, more commonly called [[page tearing]]
'''SHEAR''' as an acronym may refer to:
* [[Society for Historians of the Early American Republic]], dealing with United States History 1775-1861
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