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Thermomechanical pulp
Table 3.1
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Raw materials
Subdomain (2nd level):  Pulp
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Pulp made by presteaming chips and reducing them into their fiber components by an initial mechanical treatment in refiners under elevated temperature and pressure, with subsequent refining done at atmospheric pressure.
Definition source:  EN 13
Context:  Paper produced from pressurized groundwood pulp is more tear resistant than paper made from stone-ground pulp, but is slightly inferior to that of thermomechanical pulp.
Context source:  EN 58
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Chemical pulp, Mechanical pulp, Semi-chemical pulp, Chemimechanical pulp, Chemithermomechanical pulp
Hyperonyms:  Pulp
Variants:  TMP
It:  Pasta termomeccanica
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Pâte thermomécanique
Degree of reliability FR:  3