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KD

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003154

Lumber dried in a heated chamber, called a kiln, to lower its moisture content so that it stays dimensionally stable after installation. Kiln-dried softwood dimension lumber is graded at 19 percent moisture content or less, as in the KD19 grade stamp, while hardwood for furniture is usually taken down to about 6 to 8 percent.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003154
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectManufacturing
TranslationsGerman: KD; Spanish: KD; French: KD
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003154",
  "term": "KD",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Lumber dried in a heated chamber, called a kiln, to lower its moisture content so that it stays dimensionally stable after installation. Kiln-dried softwood dimension lumber is graded at 19 percent moisture content or less, as in the KD19 grade stamp, while hardwood for furniture is usually taken down to about 6 to 8 percent.",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "KD",
    "es": "KD",
    "fr": "KD"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/kd/"
}

Record 3,443 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.