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microshear

microshear noun: extremely small-scale shear (response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress).

Noun

microshear (countable and uncountable, plural microshears)

  1. Extremely small-scale shear (response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress).

Forms of microshear

pluralmicroshears

Origin of microshear

micro- + shear

Questions about microshear

What does microshear mean?
Microshear means extremely small-scale shear (response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress).
What part of speech is microshear?
Microshear is a noun.
What is the plural of microshear?
The plural of microshear is microshears.

Words near microshear in the dictionary

  1. microsetae
  2. microsetal
  3. Microshaft
  4. microshake
  5. microshakes
  6. microshear
  7. microshears
  8. microsheep
  9. microsheet
  10. microsheets
  11. microshell

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