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GRAIN OUVERT [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-03-25

English

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

Grain is often used in reference to the relative sizes and distributions of cells, as in fine grain and coarse grain ... Texture is another word used to describe a macroscopic summary of the relative sizes of cells in wood. Fine-textured woods have uniform structure with typically small cells. Coarse-textured woods generally have structure with concentrations of large diameter cells ...

French

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

À grain grossier : bois, tels que le chêne ou l'acajou, caractérisés par des pores ouverts et marqués qui doivent être bouchés afin d'obtenir une finition lisse.

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