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pre-stressed

pre-stressed adjective: of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use.

Adjective

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

  1. 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. Standing before a stressed syllable.

Forms of pre-stressed

comparativemore pre-stressed
superlativemost pre-stressed

Origin of pre-stressed

From pre- + stressed.

Questions about pre-stressed

What does pre-stressed mean?
Pre-stressed means of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use.
What part of speech is pre-stressed?
Pre-stressed is an adjective.

Words near pre-stressed in the dictionary

  1. pre-Socratics
  2. pre-Soviet
  3. pre-stellar
  4. pre-stopped
  5. pre-stopping
  6. pre-stressed
  7. pre-studied
  8. pre-studies
  9. pre-study
  10. pre-studying
  11. pre-subject

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