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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Shear Shear The term 'Shear' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' Variation in wind speed (speed shear) and/or direction (directional shear) over a short distance within the atmosphere. Shear usually refers to vertical wind shear, i.e., the change in wind with height, but the term also is used in Doppler radar to describe changes in radial velocity over short horizontal distances'. The term 'Shear' as it applies to the area of reclamation can be defined as ' A structural break where differential movement has occurred along a surface or zone of failure'. Previous 5 Terms: shallow water wave Shallow-Cycle Battery Shallow-Dose Equivalent (SDE) Sharecropper SHARS Next 5 Terms: Shear strength Shear wall Shear zone shearling Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994 About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.