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thermotension

thermotension noun: a process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.

Noun

thermotension (uncountable)

  1. A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.

Origin of thermotension

From thermo- + tension.

Questions about thermotension

What does thermotension mean?
Thermotension means a process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.
What part of speech is thermotension?
Thermotension is a noun.

Words near thermotension in the dictionary

  1. thermotaxis
  2. thermotectonic
  3. thermotelephone
  4. thermotelephones
  5. thermotensile
  6. thermotension
  7. thermotest
  8. thermotests
  9. thermotherapeutic
  10. thermotherapeutical
  11. thermotherapeutics

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