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shearing stress

a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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