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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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Interlocked grain

Building materials; Lumber

Grain where the angle of the fibres periodically changes or reverses in successive layers.

Wind bracing

Building materials; Lumber

Bracing members required to resist the forces on a structure resulting from wind pressure.

Lap joint

Building materials; Lumber

A joint made by placing one member partly over another and bonding the overlapped portions.

Super heat

Building materials; Lumber

The heat in steam in excess of the amount of heat in saturated steam at a given pressure.

Layout

Building materials; Lumber

Within an air-drying yard, layout refers to the arrangement of lumber stacks in the yard.

Shear connector

Building materials; Lumber

Usually metal connectors fitted inside a lumber joint to transfer shear across a wide area of grain.

Knee brace

Building materials; Lumber

A diagonal corner brace fastened between a column and a beam or truss to provide lateral restraint.

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