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shear line

shear line is the alternative form of shearline.

Meaning of shearline

Noun

shearline (plural shearlines)

  1. A line which separates regions of differing wind velocity.
    • Within the monsoon regions, three systems of convergence are identified, the northern monsoon shearline, the southern monsoon shearline and the maximum cloud zone associated with the monsoon westerlies in the vicinity of the equator.2005, M. Bonell, L. A. Bruijnzeel, Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics

Forms of shear line

pluralshear lines

Questions about shear line

What is shear line the alternative form of?
Shear line is the alternative form of shearline.

Words near shear line in the dictionary

  1. shear centre
  2. shear centres
  3. shear hog
  4. shear hogs
  5. shear legs
  6. shear line
  7. shear lines
  8. shear moduli
  9. shear modulus
  10. shear pole
  11. shear poles

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