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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > technology > wood technology > wood treatment > wood preservation > incising
Preferred Term:

incising

Definition:
A pretreatment process in which incisions, slits, or perforations are made in the wood surface to increase penetration of preservative treatments. Incising is often required to enhance durability of some difficult-to-treat species, but incising reduces strength.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
wood preservation
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/302499
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RDF/XMLCreated 2017-06-24, last modified 2017-11-10