Grain

Imprint of the wood grain of boards of a formlining on exposed concrete

A wavy pattern in wood , leather , marble or meat is referred to as grain (cf. Middle High German mase , “spot, blotchy texture, also blotchy change in the texture of the skin, mark, wound mark”) .

It is also called the wood picture and describes the texture of the cut wood. It occurs very clearly in cuts tangential to the annual rings and in sliced veneers .

Wood grain

Bar maple with the typical wavy grain

In wood processing, the grain is of particular importance in the manufacture of veneers . Only those with a particularly noticeable texture are referred to as grain veneers. As a rule, these occur when cutting wood with strong adhesions, such as those that occur with roots or burls .

The image of cut annual rings that taper off in a parabolic shape on the surface of the wood is referred to as flatness .

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Remarks

↑ cf. Jürgen Martin: The 'Ulmer Wundarznei'. Introduction - Text - Glossary on a monument to German specialist prose from the 15th century. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1991 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Volume 52), ISBN 3-88479-801-4 (also medical dissertation Würzburg 1990), p. 149 f.

[1] . Jürgen Martin: The 'Ulmer Wundarznei'. Introduction - Text - Glossary on a monument to German specialist prose from the 15th century. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1991 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Volume 52), ISBN 3-88479-801-4 (also medical dissertation Würzburg 1990), p. 149 f.