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Shear


Shear

A transformation in which all points along a given line L remain fixed while other points are shifted parallel to L by a distance proportional to their perpendicular distance from L. Shearing a plane figure does not change its area. The shear can also be generalized to three dimensions, in which planes are translated instead of lines.


See also

Affine Transformation, Cavalieri's Principle, Shear Factor, Shear Matrix

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Shear." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Shear.html

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