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shear stresses

shear stresses is the plural of shear stress.

Meaning of shear stress

Noun

shear stress (countable and uncountable, plural shear stresses)

  1. The component of stress that causes parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.

Questions about shear stresses

What is shear stresses the plural of?
Shear stresses is the plural of shear stress.

Words near shear stresses in the dictionary

  1. shear steel
  2. shear steels
  3. shear strength
  4. shear strengths
  5. shear stress
  6. shear stresses
  7. shear viscosities
  8. shear viscosity
  9. shear wall
  10. shear walls
  11. shear wave

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