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BRITISH STANDARD

844-7: 1997

Round and sawn timber Terminology
Part 7. Terms relating to anatomical
structure of timber

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Committees responsible for this
British Standard
The p r e p d o n of this British Standard was entrusted by Technical Committee
B/543, Round and sawn timber, to SubcommitteeB/543/1, Timber t~rminologyand
measurement, upon which the following bodies were represented:
British Timber Merchants’ Association
British Woodworking Federation
Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia
D e p m e n t of the Environment (Building Research Establishment)
Forestry Commission
National Council of Building Material Producers
National House-Building Council
Royal Institute of British Architects
Timber Packaging and P d e t Confederation
Timber W e Federation
?hissed Rafter and Fabricxitom’Association
United Kingdom Softwood Sawmilem’Association

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Contents
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Committees responsible
National foreword
Foreword
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Scope
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Terms and definitions
Alphabetical index of terms

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National foreword
This British Standard has been prepared by Subcommittee B/543/1 and is the English
language version of EN 844-7 : 1997 Round and sawn timber - T m i m l o g y Part 7': Temis relating to anatomical structure of timber,published by the European
Committee for Standardization (CEN).

No existing British Standard is superseded.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD

EN 844-7

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPNORM

March 1997

ICs 01.040.79; 79.040
Descriptors: Wood, sawlogs, sawn timber, vocabuiq, structures, bioìom, multilingual nomenclature

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b u n d and sawn timber - 'Eminology- Part 7:
%rms rehtingto anatomical structure of timber

Bois ronds et bois sciés - Terminoogie Partie 7 k e s r e l e à ia structure anatomique
du bois

Rund-und Schnittholz- Rrminologie Teil 7 Begriffe zum anatomischen Aufbau von Holz

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