Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elasticity_of_shear

1 sense of elasticity of shear

Sense 1
elasticity of shear -- (the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force)
       => elasticity, snap -- (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap")