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  • A hardness test, usually for wood flooring. The test measures the force required to push a steel ball 11.28 millimeters (0.444 inches) in diameter into the wood to a depth of one-half the ball's diameter (the diameter was chosen to produce a circle with an area of 100 square millimeters).

    June 10, 2008