redwood

n.

1. 1. A very tall, evergreen, coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) native to the coastal ranges of southern Oregon and central and northern California, having small seed-bearing cones with peltate scales and unflattened branches.
   2. The soft reddish wood of this tree. Also called sequoia.
2. Any of various woods having a reddish color or yielding a red dye.

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A member of the pine family, Sequoia semper-virens, is the tallest tree in the Americas, attaining a height of 350 ft (107 m) and a diameter of 27 ft (8.2 m). Its present range is limited to a strip along the Pacific Coast, extending from southwest Oregon to south of San Francisco. The leaves are evergreen, sharply pointed, small, disposed in two vertical rows on short branches, and scalelike on the main stem. The cones are egg-shaped. The bark is a dull red-brown, on old trees sometimes 1 ft (0.3 m) thick, densely fibrous, and highly resistant to fire. The tree gets its common name from the color of the bark as well as that of the heartwood.

The wood holds paint well and is used for bridge timbers, tanks, flumes, silos, posts, shingles, paneling, doors, caskets, furniture, siding, and many other building purposes. See also Pinales; Pine.

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A legacy magnetic tape technology from StorageTek that used half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490 formats, but employed helical scan recording rather than linear (parallel tracks along the length of the tape). The Redwood SD-3 drive supported 10, 25 and 50GB cartridges (native). StorageTek's Powderhorn library held a mix of SD-3 and 3480/3490 cartridges. See magnetic tape and helical scan.

Redwood Cartridge

Redwood cartridges are the same overall size as IBM's 3480/3490 formats, but the door mechanism and internal recording formats are different. Redwood uses helical scan, while IBM uses linear recording.

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engineering. Symbol Red, specifically Red I and Red II. UK A scheme for measuring viscosity, being the seconds required for a defined volume of fluid to pass through a specified orifice, there being scales I and II; for lighter oils 1 sec Red I = 4 to 7 centipoise; for heavier oils 1 sec Red II is about ten times the former.

A very durable, straight-grained, high-strength, moderately low-density softwood from the Pacific Coast of the US; esp. resistant to decay and insect attack; light red to deep reddish brown in color; used primarily for construction, plywood, and millwork, where durability is required.

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IN BRIEF: A tall, long-living evergreen tree that grows on the western coast of North America.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. — Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - [bot.] sequoia, rødtræ, amerikansk kæmpefyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
sequoia (boom), roodhout

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) séquoia

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Bot.) Mammutbaum

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) σεκόγια

Italiano (Italian)
sequoia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sequóia (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
красное дерево

Español (Spanish)
n. - secoya

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rödved, furu

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
红杉, 红树, 巨杉, 红杉木

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 紅杉, 紅樹, 巨杉, 紅杉木

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 미국 삼나무, 붉은 목재

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - セコイヤメスギ, アメリカスギ, 赤色木材

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خشب يستخرج منه صبغ أحمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עץ אדום (מחטני)‬

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