elasticity of shear

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   the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force

   Broaderelasticity

Questions about elasticity of shear

What does elasticity of shear mean?

elasticity of shear means "the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force".

Is elasticity of shear a common word?

elasticity of shear is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.