Usually means: Resistance to parallel force application.
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  1. shear strength: Merriam-Webster
  2. shear strength: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shear strength: Wiktionary
  4. Shear strength (discontinuity), Shear strength (soil), Shear strength: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. shear strength: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  2. Shear strength: Legal dictionary
  3. Shear strength: Financial dictionary
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  1. shear strength: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shear strength)

noun:  The resistance to forces that cause or tend to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their contrast.

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