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shearlines

shearlines is the plural 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

Questions about shearlines

What is shearlines the plural of?
Shearlines is the plural of shearline.

Words near shearlines in the dictionary

  1. shearless
  2. shearlet
  3. shearlets
  4. shearlike
  5. shearline
  6. shearlines
  7. shearling
  8. shearlings
  9. shearman
  10. Shearmans
  11. shearmen

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