shear
Example Sentences
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Even though the inner core is solid, it behaves like a softened metal, slowing seismic shear waves and displaying a Poisson's ratio more similar to butter than to steel.
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Over the past twenty years, this shelf has developed increasing fractures around a major shear zone located upstream of that pinning point.
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These participants also experienced increases in diastolic blood pressure, reductions in shear rate and blood flow, and lower leg muscle oxygenation.
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To visualize shear, imagine stirring a thick jar of honey.
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He and his wife, Linda, had holed up on their Scotland farm, where he learned to pour cement and shear sheep while she worked on her musicianship and cooking.
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