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Stability vs Quartersaw - What's the difference?

stability | quartersaw |

As a noun stability

is the condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.

As a verb quartersaw is

(woodworking) cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.

stability

English

Noun

  • The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change
  • The tendency to recover from perturbations

    • quartersaw

    English

    Alternative forms

    *quarter saw *quarter-saw

    Verb

  • (woodworking) Cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.

    • See also

    *flatsawn *plainsawn *riftsawn