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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | The direction of grain on paper sheets cut with the long axis transverse to the length of the master roll. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A)in wood, any direction in a plane approximating to a 90 degrees angle to the longitudinal wood elements; at exactly 90 degrees, the plane and direction are perpendicular to the grain; b)any cut, particularly in planing, that picks up the ends of the elements in "against the grain"(contrary to the grain); otherwise it is "with the grain" Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ACROSS THE GRAIN |
| English words defined with "ACROSS THE GRAIN": bias ♦ crosscut ♦ laid paper. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ACROSS THE GRAIN": CROSSBANDS, cuping ♦ radial intercellular canal ♦ top break, top rupture ♦ undulatory extinction. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "ACROSS THE GRAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vinkelret på fiberretningen (transversely to the grain), på tværs af fiberretningen (transversely to the grain), bred bane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tegendraads (transversely to the grain), tegen de draad in (transversely to the grain), dwars op de werkrichting, dwars op de vezelrichting (transversely to the grain), dwars op de machinerichting. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | poikkisyin (transversely to the grain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sens transversal au fil, sens en travers du fil, en travers du grain, en travers du fil, contrefil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | quer zur Faserrichtung (transversely to the grain), quer zur Faser (transversely to the grain), qür zur Faser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάθετα στον κόκκο, κατεύθυνση κάθετη προς τις ίνες (transversely to the grain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szálirányra merőlegesen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trasversalmente alla fibratura (transversely to the grain), senso trasversale rispetto alle fibre (transversely to the grain), perpendicolarmente alla venatura. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acrossay ethay aingray a contrafio (transversely to the grain), transversal ao fio (transversely to the grain), sentido transversal ao fio (transversely to the grain), perpendicularmente gra. (various references) a través del grano, transversalmente al grano, sentido transversal a la fibra (transversely to the grain), perpendicular a la fibra (transversely to the grain). (various references) tvärs över fibrerna (transversely to the grain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-h-i-n-o-r-r-s-s-t" | |
-3 letters: catarrhines, nasogastric, reassorting. | |
-4 letters: anarchists, anchorages, anchorites, antechoirs, aragonites, archegonia, arrogances, ascertains, caseations, catarrhine, chartering, choristers, contraries, costarring, intercross, orchestras, organisers, recharting, recrossing, sectarians, senhoritas, serrations, shoestring, tarriances. | |
-5 letters: aerations, agnostics, agonistes, anarchies, anarchist, ancestors, anchorage, anchoress, anchorets, anchorite, anoretics, antechoir, anthraces, aragonite, archaises, archaists, arginases, arresting, arrogance, arrogates, arthroses, arthrosis, ascertain, asserting. | |
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