Shearing
21shearing shed — noun (Aust and NZ) A building in which sheep are shorn, esp one specially equipped with several power driven shears, shearing platforms and wool baling machines • • • Main Entry: ↑shear …
22shearing stress — n. a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact * * * …
23shearing stress — n. a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact …
24shearing stress — Shear Shear, n. [AS. sceara. See {Shear}, v. t.] 1. A pair of shears; now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See {Shears}. [1913 Webster] On his head came razor none, nor shear. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Short of the wool …
25Shearing interferometer — The shearing interferometer is an extremely simple means to observe interference and to use this phenomenon to test the collimation of light beams, especially from laser sources which have a coherence length which is usually a lot longer than the …
26shearing board — a flat board used in angling and commercial fishing to make the line shear laterally or downward. Lateral shearing enables two lines to be towed behind a boat and downward shearing helps send the baited hook into deep water. Also called paravanes …
27shearing machine — noun 1. : a machine with blades or rotary disks for cutting sheets, plates, or bars (as of metal) 2. : a machine for shearing cloth usually consisting of a roller with cutters operating against a ledger blade 3. : a machine for shearing sheep …
28shearing plane — noun see shear plane * * * shearing plane, Geology. the plane along which rupture from shearing stress takes place in rocks …
29Shearing line — Eine Scherenlinie ist die Anordnung verschiedener Scheren zum Beschnitt von Blechen entlang einer Transportvorrichtung, meist eines Rollgangs. International wird sie mit dem engl. shearing line bezeichnet. Der Hersteller Markt wird zwar vom… …
30Shearing-house — (2 Kings 10:12, 14; marg., house of shepherds binding sheep. R.V., the shearing house of the shepherds; marg., house of gathering ), some place between Samaria and Jezreel, where Jehu slew two and forty men of the royal family of Judah. The… …
