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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > technology > wood technology > wood properties > grain and figure > flat-grained wood
Preferred Term:

flat-grained wood

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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
grain and figure
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • flat-grained lumber
  • flat-sawn wood
  • side-grained wood
  • plain-sawn wood
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/314672
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RDF/XMLCreated 2018-03-07, last modified 2018-11-14