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PAR — Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology Definition

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GCSE Design and Technology · key term

PAR

Definition

Timber planed smooth on all four long faces. Planing removes material, so the finished cross-section is smaller than the original sawn cross-section.

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Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology · 1DT0

Specification 7.5.2 · Paper 1

PAR means Planed All Round: all four long faces have been planed smooth. PSE means Planed Square Edge, describing smooth, planed timber with square edges. Merchants commonly use the two names for the same type of finished rectangular stock.
Revise: Standard Sizes

Edexcel Design and Technology past papers

Related key terms

Cross-sectional area
Diameter
Kerf
Nominal size
PSE

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