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Dictionary of Paper
Dictionary of Paper, 5th Edition

Edited by Michael Kouris.

Published by TAPPI Press, 1996.

This is a 7" by 10" clothbound book running to 347 pages, plus an introduction.

TAPPI is the leading technical association for the paper industry, so this dictionary can be considered authoritative.

A typical page has about a dozen definitions of technical terms relating to paper, in a two-column layout. Definitions average one to three sentences in length, with some longer ones here and there.

The first 15 terms defined in the "K" sequence are:

• KAOLIN
  
• KAPPA FACTOR
  
• KAPPA NUMBER
  
• KARAYA GUM
  
• K-B BOARD
  
• K-B SHEATHING
  
• KENAF
  
• KERNING
  
• KETONE
  
• KICK-UP
  
• KID FINISH
  
• KID WEDDINGS
  
• KINETIC FRICTION
  
• KITE PAPER
  
• KLASON LIGNIN
  

The terms above relate to paper in a variety of ways. "Kerning" is the process of adjusting the space between letters to achieve even spacing, so it's more of a term from typography than papermaking, but because it is commonly run-across in the paper industry it is included. Also here are terms from the chemistry of papermaking, words for plants and minerals used in papermaking, special types of paper for industrial applications, and paper treatments.

Understanding the definitions sometimes requires some knowledge of chemistry or of the paper industry, but not too much.

This is a unique and useful reference book.