Shear vs Friction - What's the difference?
shear | friction |
To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
* 1819 , Walter Scott, Ivanhoe :
* Shakespeare
To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
(physics) To deform because of shearing forces.
(Scotland) To reap, as grain.
(figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger
* Dryden
the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
* Youatt
(physics) a force that produces a shearing strain
(geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
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(physics): A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
* 1839 , (Denison Olmsted), A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
In physics terms the difference between shear and friction
is that shear is a force that produces a shearing strain while friction is : A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.As nouns the difference between shear and friction
is that shear is a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger while friction is the rubbing of one object or surface against another.As a verb shear
is to cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.As an adjective shear
is misspelling of lang=en.shear
English
(wikipedia shear)Verb
- So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.
- the golden tresses were shorn away
- (Jamieson)
Noun
(en noun)- short of the wool, and naked from the shear
- After the second shearing, he is a two-shear' ram; at the expiration of another year, he is a three-' shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.
Derived terms
* megashear * shearerAdjective
(head)Anagrams
* English irregular verbsfriction
English
Noun
(-)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
- Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
