Rounding

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Definition: en:The process of molding the spine of a text block into an arc of approximately one-third of a circle, which in the process produces the characteristic concave fore edge of the book., nb:teknikk for å gi bokblokkens rygg en rund fasong ofte med hjelp av hammer (Note: The practice of rounding the spines of books dates back to at least the middle of the 15th century, and, during the course of years, the "proper" shape of the round has ranged from a nearly flat spine to a highly exaggerated arc.@en)

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Language code"Language code" is a predefined property that represents a BCP47 formatted language code and is provided by Semantic MediaWiki.	Translated term	Source	Citation textThis property is a special property in this wiki.	Status	Skos:scopeNote
de	Rundungstatus		Citation needed!	preferred
en	Rounding1		Roberts, Don., et al. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books : a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Library of Congress : For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1982.	preferred	The process of molding the spine of a text block into an arc of approximately one-third of a circle, which in the process produces the characteristic concave fore edge of the book.
fr	arrondissure		Citation needed!	preferred
nb	runding av bokryggen2		"The Language of Bindings Thesaurus is made available under the [Open Data Commons Attribution License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0] ."	preferred	teknikk for å gi bokblokkens rygg en rund fasong ofte med hjelp av hammer
ru	кругление корешкаstatus		Citation needed!	preferred

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  A correctly rounded spine

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  Rounding hammer

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  A rounding machine