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preshear

preshear noun: shear applied before another process.

Noun

preshear (uncountable)

  1. shear applied before another process
    • For applied shear stresses lower than some typical value #92;sigma#95;#92;text#123;c#125;#92;simeq 0.2#92;sigma#95;#92;text#123;y#125;, the microgel experiences a more complex, anomalous creep behavior, characterized by an initial decrease of the strain, that we attribute to the existence of...2016, Pierre Lidon, Louis Villa, Sebastien Manneville, “Power-law creep and residual stresses in a carbopol microgel”, in arXiv

Origin of preshear

From pre- + shear.

Questions about preshear

What does preshear mean?
Preshear means shear applied before another process.
What part of speech is preshear?
Preshear is a noun.

Words near preshear in the dictionary

  1. presharpens
  2. preshave
  3. preshaves
  4. presheaf
  5. presheafs
  6. preshear
  7. presheath
  8. presheaths
  9. presheaves
  10. preshelter
  11. preshift

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