shearing | removing by cutting off or clipping |
shear | a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it |
elasticity of shear | the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force |
strength | the property of being physically or mentally strong, fatigue sapped his strength |
tensile strength | the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart |
potency effectiveness strength | capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects, the toxin's potency, the strength of the drinks |
force forcefulness strength | physical energy or intensity, he hit with all the force he could muster, it was destroyed by the strength of the gale, a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man |
lastingness durability enduringness strength | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force, they advertised the durability of their products |
intensity strength intensity level | the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation), he adjusted the intensity of the sound, they measured the station's signal strength |
field strength field intensity | the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field |
magnetic field strength magnetic intensity magnetic induction magnetic flux density | the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow |
forte strong suit long suit metier specialty speciality strong point strength | an asset of special worth or utility, cooking is his forte |
persuasiveness strength | the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty, the strength of his argument settled the matter |
military capability military strength strength military posture posture | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war, we faced an army of great strength, politicians have neglected our military posture |
tower of strength pillar of strength | a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort |
shear | (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves, the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram |
field strength unit | an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity |
strength | the condition of financial success, the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks |
manganese bronze high-strength brass | a brass with from -% manganese to harden it |
shear | become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain |
shear | cut with shears, shear hedges |
shear | cut or cut through with shears, shear the wool off the lamb |
fleece shear | shear the wool from, shear sheep |
neat straight full-strength | without water, took his whiskey neat |
industrial-strength weapons-grade | extremely strong or concentrated or durable, industrial-strength detergent, weapons-grade salsa |