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ACROSS THE GRAIN

Specialty Definition: ACROSS THE GRAIN

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: ACROSS THE GRAIN

English words defined with "ACROSS THE GRAIN": biascrosscutlaid paper. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ACROSS THE GRAIN": CROSSBANDS, cupingradial intercellular canaltop break, top ruptureundulatory extinction. (references)

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Modern Translation: ACROSS THE GRAIN

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

tvärs över fibrerna (transversely to the grain). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ACROSS THE GRAIN

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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