Jointing

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Jointing may refer to:

• Edge jointing of a board to ensure that it is straight, square and smooth, usually prior to joining two or more boards together to create a wider board.

• Jointing the teeth of a saw blade or the edges of cutting knives, card scrapers etc.

• Jointing the mortar joints in brickwork.

• In geology jointing refers to the formation of natural fractures in rocks.

• In agriculture, the jointing stage is that point at which the internodal tissue in the grass leaf begins to elongate, forming a stem (culm).

• In petroleum standardization jointing refers to the process of generating joint standard test methods (STM), by two or more standardization bodies, that are technically equivalent.

Jointing of electricity power cables