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Shear vs. Sheer
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shear
Definition
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
Examples
the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram
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sheer
Definition
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Examples
got the job through sheer persistence
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