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shear zone
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noun
Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
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Origin of shear zone
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby shear zone
shear stress, shear stud, shear transformation, shearwater, shear wave, shear zone, sheatfish, sheath, sheathbill, sheathe, sheathing
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