shear pin
noun
: an easily replaceable pin inserted at a critical point in a machine and designed to break when stressed to excess
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The company said the alignment pin and a shear pin fitting assembly performed as designed during the mated portion of the flight, and only the alignment pin detached after the spaceship was released from the mothership.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
With lawn mowers, many times people would hit something and break the shear pin.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2020
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
With lawn mowers, many times people would hit something and break the shear pin.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2020
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“Shear pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shear%20pin. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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