shear
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These observations indicate that shear strain has almost no influence on when Sr2RuO4 becomes superconducting.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
That’s commonly near the center of the office floor, far from windows and close to permanent shear walls that limit sound intrusion.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
“You can shear a sheep for life, but you can only slaughter it once” goes an old saying that sportsbooks seem to have heeded.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
"For the first time, we've experimentally shown that iron-carbon alloy under inner core conditions exhibits a remarkedly low shear velocity." said Prof. Zhang.
From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025
A long shear of light and then a series of low concussions.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
