noun
shear effect; shearing effect
Technical term in physics and engineering referring to the effect produced by shear forces.
この材料のせん断効果を調べるために実験を行った。
We conducted an experiment to investigate the shear effect of this material.
Compound of せん断 (shear) and 効果 (effect). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the technical meaning.