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prestresses

prestresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prestress.

Meaning of prestress

Verb

prestress (third-person singular simple present prestresses, present participle prestressing, simple past and past participle prestressed)

  1. 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.

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Questions about prestresses

What is prestresses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prestresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prestress.

Words near prestresses in the dictionary

  1. prestrengthening
  2. prestrengthens
  3. prestress
  4. prestressed
  5. prestressed concrete
  6. prestresses
  7. prestressing
  8. prestretch
  9. prestretched
  10. prestretches
  11. prestretching

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