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Scissors

Scissors or shears are hand-operated cutting tools that consists of a pair of pivoting blades whose sharpened edges slide firmly against and past each other when the handles (shank) on the opposite side of the pivot are squeezed shut, causing the target material in between the blades to be divided by the combined effort of both cutting and shearing.…

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Right-handed and left-handed scissors

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Scissors

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Triples55
Avg. degree1.96
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Scissors

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related to Early manufacture · 14
Scissors → Cheney Square, China, Company, Hangzhou, He, Hinchliffe, His, London, Pivoted, Robert Hinchliffe, Sheffield, Sheffield Town Hall, The Hangzhou Zhang Xiaoquan, This
related to Right-handed and left-handed scissors · 9
Scissors → Even, However, Many, Some, The, There, These, This, True
see also · 8
Scissors → Hemostat, New Mexico, Nippers, Pliers, Spanish, Tijeras, Tijeras Canyon, US
related to Gallery · 6
Scissors → Chinese, Han, Hangzhou, Japan, Norway, Tang
related to External links · 3
Scissors → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Terminology · 2
Scissors → Alternatively, The
related to Specialized scissors and shears · 1
Scissors → Specialized

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shears cutting blades scissor manufacturing sheffield used century pair left-handed cut metal often called materials intended specialized handles solingen ambidextrous

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paperinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
cardboardinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
metal foilinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
clothinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
ropeinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
wireinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
although a large variety of scissors/shears exist for specialized purposesinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
and their design details often dictate which is best for the intended job.While all scissors largely follow the same working principleinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
heavy-duty scissors intended for cutting tough materials tend to be called shears instead of scissorsinstance ofScissors are usually used for cutting thin materials0.80text
meatinstance ofare intended for cutting and trimming tough food materials0.80text
tendoninstance ofare intended for cutting and trimming tough food materials0.80text
bonesinstance ofare intended for cutting and trimming tough food materials0.80text

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