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Concept information
Preferred term
quarter-sawn wood
Type
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Topic
Definition
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Lumber that has been sawed so that the wide surfaces extend approximately at right angles to the annual growth rings. Lumber is considered edge grained when the rings form an angle of 45 degrees to 90 degrees with the wide surface of the piece.
Broader concept
Synonyms
- edge-grained wood
- quarter-sawn lumber
- quarter-sawn timber
- vertical-grained wood
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/314650
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