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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > technology > wood technology > wood properties > wood defects > brashness
Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > products and commodities > product quality > product defects > wood defects > brashness
Preferred Term:

brashness

Definition:
A condition that causes some pieces of wood to be relatively low in shock resistance for the species and, when broken in bending, to fail abruptly without splintering at comparatively small deflections.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
wood defects
Narrower Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/300976
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