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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Stress resulting from the application of opposing forces parallel to a cross-sectional area of a body.
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- noun physics the component of stress that causes
parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.
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