For Cupping we have terms and definitions in 5 topics. The topics are Alternative Medicine, Carpet, Construction, Restaurant and Wood Flooring.

Cupping (Alternative Medicine)

The use of warmed glass jars to create suction on certain points of the body.

Cupping (Carpet)

A condition that develops on wood plank flooring materials when the underside of planks absorbs excess moisture and swells, causing expansion and raising the edges of each plank. The edges rise up higher than the center of the plank forming a cupped appearance. Wood flooring should not be sanded until complete until wood planks return to a normal humidity ( approximately 9-10% at 70 degrees F and 50% RH), both on the bottom and top.A condition that develops on wood plank flooring materials when the underside of planks absorbs excess moisture and swells, causing expansion and raising the edges of each plank. The edges rise up higher than the center of the plank forming a cupped appearance. Wood flooring should not be sanded until complete until wood planks return to a normal humidity ( approximately 9-10% at 70 degrees F and 50% RH), both on the bottom and top.

Cupping (Construction)

A type of warping that causes boards to curl up at their edges.

Cupping (Restaurant)

Professional coffee bean tasters use this process to determine quality, acidity and aroma of beans in the choice of their blends. It involves steeping the beans as with tea leaves and then smelling and tasting the brew at different temperatures as it cools.

Cupping (Wood Flooring)

A "concave" or "dished" appearance of individual strips, with the edges raised above the center. (Opposite of crowning.)

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