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REACTION WOOD [1 record]

Record 1 2017-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

Wood with more or less distinctive anatomical characters, formed typically in parts of leaning or crooked stems and in branches. In hardwoods this consists of tension wood and in softwoods of compression wood.

OBS

In hardwoods it is called "tension wood"; in softwoods, "compression wood".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Bois caractérisé par sa couleur distinctive, sa dureté, sa fragilité et son apparence relativement sans vie [résultant de] contraintes anormales dans des arbres penchés ou courbés. Ce bois a une tendance à causer des courbures lors de sa transformation en bois d'œuvre.

OBS

[.. .] [Pour] les Dicotylédones il en résulte du bois de tension et dans les Conifères du bois de compression.

OBS

bois de réaction : terme retenu par le Comité technique de la terminologie française du bois de l'Association canadienne de normalisation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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