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ANGLE OBLIQUITY [2 records]

Record 1 2001-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

The angle between the direction of the resultant stress or force acting on a given plane and the normal to that plane.

Key term(s)
  • pressure angle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Angle entre la direction de la contrainte résultante ou force agissant sur un plan et la normale à ce plan.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Woodworking
DEF

The angle between the surface of an oblique cut that is intermediate between a transverse-longitudinal cut and a longitudinal cut, and the direction of the grain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Travail du bois

Spanish

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