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Record 1 2017-04-07

English

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

Pith visibly off-centre with relation to the axis of the trunk.

OBS

removed pith: term standardized by ISO.

French

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

Cœur sensiblement éloigné du centre géométrique d'une section transversale de la tige.

OBS

cœur de l'arbre : Partie centrale du tronc et de ses ramifications comprenant la moelle et les couches d'accroissement les plus immédiatement voisines.

OBS

cœur excentré : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR et l'ISO et retenu par le Comité technique de la terminologie française du bois de l'Association canadienne de normalisation.

OBS

moelle excentrée : terme normalisée par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-12-28

English

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

A lengthwise separation of the wood that usually extends across the rings of annual growth and commonly results from stresses set up in wood during seasoning.

DEF

A defect found in logs that have been exposed to sun or wind for a long period of time. Sun dries out the wood, causing deep checks on the ends of the log. Heart check, caused by wind, is a radial split along the rays that pass through the center of the log. Weather check is found in logs cut from dead trees. Like sun and wind checks, weather checks are splits in the log, but they are likely to be deeper than the other two.

OBS

check; seasoning check: terms standardized by ISO.

French

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

Les gerces longitudinales sont des fissures que l'on observe d'un seul côté des bois débités et qui se forment dans le sens du fil.

OBS

gerce; fente de retrait : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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