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NALT Full

Preferred term

flat-grained wood

Type

Topic

Definition

Lumber that has been sawn parallel to the pith and approximately tangent to the growth rings. Lumber is considered flat grained when the annual growth rings make an angle of less than 45 degrees with the surface of the piece.
Source: Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood handbook—Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL–GTR–113. Madison, WI: U.S.D.A, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 463 p.
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

grain and figure

Related concepts

Synonyms

flat-grained lumber
flat-sawn wood
plain-sawn wood
side-grained wood

In other languages

madera de grano plano

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/314672

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