"nominal" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Lumber's nominal dimensions are given in terms of green (not dried), rough (unfinished) dimensions.
- Early standards called for green rough lumber to be of full nominal dimension when dry.
- It is calculated by nominal, not actual, dimensions of lumber.
- Its actual thickness is closer to the nominal dimension.
- With softwood, a nominal dimension of one inch in thickness actually measures about three-quarters of an inch.
- In that case its actual thickness is closer to the nominal dimension.
- A tolerance is the limit of acceptable unintended deviation from a nominal or theoretical dimension.
- In contrast, an allowance is a planned deviation from the nominal or theoretical dimension.
- Softwood having a nominal width of two through six inches actually measures about a half-inch narrower than the nominal dimension.
- See dimensional lumber for a full discussion of the relationship of actual and nominal dimensions.
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