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Sheer may refer to: Sheer fabric, a semi-transparent and flimsy fabric; Sheer (ship), a measure of longitudinal deck curvature in naval architecture; Sheer curation, a lightweight approach to digital curation; Sheer Islands, Nunavut, Canada; Sheers, a form of two-legged lifting device; Ireen Sheer, a German-British pop singer; The Sheer, a ...
Sheer fabric is used in clothing, in garments such as stockings or tights and in dancewear and lingerie, and sometimes as part of clothing, such as in wedding gowns and formal costumes. Sheer fabric for clothing offers very little in the way of warmth for the wearer, and for this reason is commonly worn in hot weather.
The sheer is a measure of longitudinal main deck curvature in naval architecture. The sheer forward is usually twice that aft. Increases in the rise of the sheer forward and aft build volume into the hull, and in turn increase its buoyancy forward and aft, thereby keeping the ends from diving into an oncoming wave and slowing the ship.
The relevant information is the area of the material being sheared, i.e. the area across which the shearing action takes place, and the shear strength of the material. A round bar of steel is used as an example. The shear strength is calculated from the tensile strength using a factor which relates the two strengths.
A shear mapping is the main difference between the upright and slanted (or italic) styles of letters. The same definition is used in three-dimensional geometry, except that the distance is measured from a fixed plane. A three-dimensional shearing transformation preserves the volume of solid figures, but changes areas of plane figures (except ...
Voile (/ ˈ v ɔɪ l /; [1] French for veil [2]) is a soft, sheer fabric, usually made of 99% cotton or cotton blended with linen or polyester. Named for its light weight, the fabric is mostly used in soft furnishing. In tropical climates, voile is used for window treatments and mosquito nets. When used as curtain material, voile is similar to ...
A peignoir (/ ˈ p ɛ n w ɑːr, ˈ p eɪ n w ɑːr / PEN-war, PAY-nwar, US also / p ɛ ˈ n w ɑːr, p eɪ ˈ n w ɑːr / pen-WAR, pay-NWAR, [1] [2] [3] French: ⓘ) is a long outer garment for women which is frequently sheer and made of chiffon or another translucent fabric.
Blue and white is a common seersucker color combination. Seersucker, hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, usually cotton fabric, commonly but not necessarily striped or chequered, used to make clothing for hot weather.