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Wood Terms - A Lumber Glossary from A - Z
A complete "Woodipedia" of lumber terms for experts & amateur woodworkers alike.
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Wood Terms that Start with "V"
| Lumber Glossary Term | Definition |
| VanDer Waal Forces | Physical forces of attraction between molecules, which include permanent dipole, induced dipole, hydrogen bond, and Long dispersion forces. |
| Vapor Retarder | A material with a high resistance to vapor movement, such as foil, plastic film, or specially coated paper, that is used in combination with insulation to control condensation. |
| Variable Costs | Operation costs that result from running a machine, calculated on an hourly basis; includes cost of labor and items such as fuel, oil, wire rope, and replacement parts. Also known as operating costs. |
| Variable Positive | A tooth form that has variable tooth spacing, standard tooth forms, varying gullet depth, and a zero-degree rake angle. |
| Varnish | A liquid preparation that dries to a hard lustrous coating. |
| V Joint | Tongue and groove boards with their top corners beveled so when the two boards come together a “V” is formed. |
| Veneer | A thin sheet of wood cut from a log; wood peeled, sawn or sliced into sheets of a given constant thickness and combined with glue to produce plywood or laminated-veneer lumber. Veneers laid up with the grain direction of adjoining sheets at the right angles produce plywood of great stiffness and strength; while those that lay up with grains running parallel produce flexible plywood most often used in furniture and cabinetry. |
| Veneer-Core Plywood | Plywood made from three or more pieces of veneer glued up in alternating-grain patterns. |
| Vessel | An axial series of cells that have coalesced to form an articulated tube-like structure of indeterminate length. A union of wood cells which have open ends and are set one above the other, forming continuous tubes. The openings of the vessels on the surface of a piece of wood are usually referred to as pores. |
| Vessel Elements | Wood cells in hardwoods of comparatively large diameter that have open ends and are set one above the other to form continuous tubes called vessels. |
| Virgin Timber | Timber from an original forest that has not been previously disturbed or influenced by human activity. |
| Viscoelasticity | The ability of a material to simultaneously exhibit viscous and elastic responses to deformation. |
| Viscosity | A measurement of the thickness of a liquid. |
| Void | The volume in the wood structure that is not occupied by wood tissue. |
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