Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shear zone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: shear -zone
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin zone within the Earth's crust or upper mantle that has been strongly deformed, due to the walls of rock on either side of the zone slipping past each other.

Inflected Forms

shear zones (plural)

Questions

What does shear zone mean?: A thin zone within the Earth's crust or upper mantle that has been strongly deformed, due to the walls of rock on either side of the zone slipping past each other.

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