incising

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003391",
  "term": "incising",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A pretreatment process in which incisions, slits, or perforations are made in the wood surface to increase penetration of preservative treatments. Incising is often required to enhance durability of some difficult-to-treat species, but incising reduces strength.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "wood preservation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood handbook-Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113. Madison, WI: U.S.D.A, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 463 p.",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "incisión"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/incising/"
}