pre-stressed

See also: prestressed

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ stressed.

Adjective

pre-stressed (comparative more pre-stressed, superlative most pre-stressed)

  1. (engineering, architecture) Of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use.
    pre-stressed concrete
  2. (phonetics) Standing before a stressed syllable.

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