prerelax

prerelax verb: to relax beforehand.

Verb

prerelax (third-person singular simple present prerelaxes, present participle prerelaxing, simple past and past participle prerelaxed)

To relax beforehand.
- Anyway, systematic investigations of the diffusion in nanocrystal line materials, which have been prerelaxed to different extents, very likely will help to clarify questions on this subject matter in a similar way as it was possible for the amorphous alloys.1990, F. J Kedves, D. L. Beke, Diffusion in metals and alloys - Parts 1-3, →ISBN, page 224
- The tissue is first prerelaxed with nitroprusside and response allowed to stabilize.1993, S. Karger, Pharmacology - Volumes 46-47, page 356

heat setting: a process to prerelax a spring in order to improve stress-relaxation resistance in service.1996, Joseph Edward Shigley, Charles R. Mischke, Standard Handbook of Machine Design, →ISBN, page 24-3:
To prevent paradoxic loss of wrinkles with strong contraction, we partially prerelaxed the pericytes with SNP, a source of nitric oxide.1997, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science:

third-person singular present	prerelaxes
present participle	prerelaxing
past participle	prerelaxed
past	prerelaxed

From pre- + relax.

What does prerelax mean?: Prerelax means to relax beforehand.
How do you use prerelax in a sentence?: heat setting: a process to prerelax a spring in order to improve stress-relaxation resistance in service.
What part of speech is prerelax?: Prerelax is a verb.
What is the past tense of prerelax?: The past tense of prerelax is prerelaxed.

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