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Wood that learned strength comes from never agreeing with itself.
means Engineered board made by gluing thin wood veneers with their grain directions alternating for strength.
from A plain English compound: the verb ply (to fold or layer, from Latin plicare, to fold) plus wood. The name simply describes the trick — layers folded grain-against-grain.
Crossed grainAlternating layers resist warping and splitting both ways.
Always oddSheets use odd layer counts to stay balanced.
Ancient ideaEgyptians glued thin wood layers over 3,000 years ago.
Aircraft pastWWII Mosquito bombers were largely built from it.