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• anglais

  Date : 1982

  Définition

  In wood seasoning a drying defect, characterized by a separation between wood cells, extending into the wood, usually along the grain, and caused by textile stresses induced as wood shrinks during drying.
  
  A longitudinal fissure in wood resulting from stresses that caused the wood fibers to separate along the grain, and not extending in the converted piece from one surface to another.

  Notes :

  Checks are qualified as to location i.e. end check, surface check and internal check.
  
  [Commonwealth] essentially a fissure in drying, converted timber seasoning check) and not of the freshly cut log, [USA] essentially a fissure traversing the growth rings. (1) In both, types are distinguished by location, shape or presumed cause. (2) A check may develop into a split, as commonly in veneer. ((This term)) is not equivalent to shake.

  Termes :

  1. check
  2. checking

  Termes associés :

  1. crack
  2. cleft