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Lumber
Timber after it has been sawed and split into planks or other smaller components that can be used as building material.
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Moisture content class
Building materials; Lumber
Classification of lumber by moisture content which includes the following: : Green off saw —Freshly sawn lumber or lumber that has received essentially no formal drying. : Air dried - Lumber that ...
Rough sawn
Building materials; Lumber
Surface condition of wood as it leaves the saw, i.e. not dressed or final sawn.
Workability
Building materials; Lumber
The degree of ease and smoothness of cut obtainable with hand or machine tools.
Radial
Building materials; Lumber
Coincident with a radius from the axis of the tree or log to the circumference.
Column
Building materials; Lumber
A free standing axially loaded compression member, usually vertical.
Hyperbolic paraboloid shell
Building materials; Lumber
A complex curved surface which has one line which is always straight.
Epoxy resin joint
Building materials; Lumber
A joint in which the parts are bonded using an epoxy resin adhesive.
