prestress (English, verb)
expansion: prestress (third-person singular simple present prestresses, present participle prestressing, simple past and past participle prestressed)
Senses:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To apply stress to structural components in order to produce a tension that counteracts the loads to which the component is subjected in its designed use.
Forms:
form: prestresses
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: prestressing
tags: participle
present
form: prestressed
tags: participle
past
form: prestressed
tags: past