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n. A groove or notch made by a cutting tool, such as a saw or an ax.

n. The width of a groove made by a cutting tool.

n. The groove or slit created by cutting a workpiece; an incision.

n. The width of the groove made while cutting.

n. Distance between diverging saw teeth

v. To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.

n. A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.

n. A Middle English preterit of carve.

n. A cut; an incision; a stroke with a weapon.

n. A channel or cut made in wood by a saw or other cutting-instrument.

n. In a cloth-shearing machine, the wool taken off in one passage through the cutter.

n. A layer of hay or turf. [Prov. Eng.]—5. That which is cut; a Cutting.

To cut (a strip or bar of wood) with one or more kerfs for the purpose of bending it.

"The new study found that the "kerf" - which is the amount of germanium wasted during the slicing process - was 22 percent less when a 75-micron diameter electrified wire was used to cut the wafers, compared with the conventional wire saw method."

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