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prestressing

prestressing is the present participle and gerund 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 prestressing

What is prestressing the present participle and gerund of?
Prestressing is the present participle and gerund of prestress.

Words near prestressing in the dictionary

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

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