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FIBRE BOIS [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Fibre
  • Thermal Insulation
  • Packaging in Wood
DEF

Long, narrow shavings produced by special machines from wood or from shredding waste paper, mainly for use as an insulating or packing material.

OBS

wood wool; WW: term and abbreviation standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • woodwool

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laine de bois
  • Isolation thermique
  • Emballages en bois
DEF

Bois découpé en lanières minces sur une défibreuse, que l'on utilise pour l'emballage des fruits, des œufs, de divers objets, ou comme armature de certains agglomérés [...]

CONT

Le matériel utilisé pour rembourrer les ours [de peluche] était habituellement de l'excelsior, aussi connue sous le nom de «laine de bois». Il s'agit de longs et fins filaments de bois utilisés entre autre pour emballer la porcelaine.

OBS

laine de bois; WW : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fibra de madera
  • Aislamiento térmico
  • Embalajes de madera
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Record 2 2002-10-15

English

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

Fiber: A general term of convenience for any long, narrow cell of wood or bast, other than vessel elements and parenchyma ... Often qualified as wood fibers (i.e. of the xylem) and bast fibers (of the phloem), the former including both the tracheids of Gymnospermae and the libriform wood-fibers and fiber-tracheids of woody Angiospermae.

French

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

Cellule longue et étroite, autre que les éléments de vaisseau et de parenchyme, disposée parallèlement à l'axe de l'arbre.

OBS

Sont comprises dans les fibres du bois, les trachéides des conifères et des feuillus.

Spanish

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