Paper cut at right angles to the direction of the paper machine. Paper is weaker and expands more across the cross direction than along the machine direction.
In paper the direction across the grain. Paper is weaker and more sensitive to changes in relative humidity in the cross direction than the grain direction.
Laying of material perpendicular to the material below it.
The direction across the web. Papers are weaker and are affected more by changes in relative humidity in the cross direction than the grain direction.
The direction of the fibers in a sheet of paper across the grain, as opposed to with the grain. Same as against the grain.
Refers to the direction across the grain of a paper. Cross direction makes the paper weaker and more sensitive to changes in humidity than grain direction.