prestressn.adj.
/ˈpriːstrɛs/, U.S. /ˈpristrɛs/ A. n.
Stress applied to an object during manufacture or prior to some other treatment, usually in order to counteract applied loads.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > types of preliminary processing
grounding1466
roughing1743
preheating1898
pre-cooling1907
presoak1919
presoaking1919
premixing1927
prestress1934
pre-tension1936
pre-impregnation1937
pre-cutting1939
preloading1941
1934 Engin. News-Record 13 Sept. 345/1 A pre-stress of 8,392 lb. per sq. in.
1956 Archit. Rev. 119 146/3 Strips of shuttering supported on props..also support the precast units before the pre-stress is applied.
1977 Design Engin. July 64/1 Forces depend on prestress, i.e. initial deflection of spring, as well as direction of motion.
2004 Union Leader (Manchester, New Hampsh.) (Nexis) 17 Feb. b10 Fabric structures, constructed of elements that have little or no bending or shear stiffness (membranes and cables) rely on their form and internal prestress.
B. adj.
Linguistics. Occurring before a stressed syllable.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > stressed > with respect to group
subtonic1827
pretonic1864
post-tonic1880
protonic1890
nuclear1937
prestress1941
post-nuclear1944
pre-nuclear1952
internuclear1958
1941 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 61 145/2 Pre-stress vowel lengthening, consonant doubling, and vowel reduction.
1973 Word 1970 26 98 In the traditional analysis long vowels occur only under stress... Therefore, no prestress vowel may be long.
1975 Amer. Speech 1972 47 171 The sets of intersyllabic consonants and consonant clusters differ remarkably in different slots; for instance prestress /bh bt nk/ (as in abhór, obtáin, enquíre).
1985 Hispania 68 156/1 Examples of stressed, pre-stress, post-stress and final oral vowels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
prestressv.
/priːˈstrɛs/, U.S. /priˈstrɛs/ transitive. To apply stress to (an object or material) during manufacture or prior to some other treatment, esp. so as to counteract applied loads; spec. to reinforce concrete with steel rods or wires which have been tensioned while the concrete is setting. Cf. prestressed adj.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] > compress, stretch, or tension components
precompress1920
prestress1934
prestretch1936
pre-tension1936
post-stretch1941
post-tension1974
1934 Engin. News-Record 13 Sept. 345/1 The idea of destroying the bond between steel rods inserted in concrete, and prestressing the rods in tension and the concrete in compression, is not new.
1940 Concrete & Constructional Engin. 35 330/1 Thin piano wires, of a strength of 350,000 lb. to 450,000 lb. per square inch, are prestressed to a stress equivalent to half that of yield point.
1971 Materials & Technol. II. iv. 113 (caption) The vertical outer wall..was prestressed with Freyssinet cables.
2004 Financial Mail (Johannesburg) (Nexis) 3 Dec. 10 The Jackpot [device] prestresses timber mine props at the time of installation, and so provides an immediate, active support to the roof of the mine.
Derivatives
preˈstressing n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > tensioning or stretching components
prestressing1934
pre-tensioning1936
post-stretching1946
prestretching1946
post-tensioning1948
1934 Engin. News-Record 13 Sept. 345/1 One advantage of the prestressing is to postpone the formation of cracks.
1964 C. W. Glover Struct. Precast Concrete xix. 328 The basic idea of pre-stressing is to induce in the unloaded members stresses that are contrary to the stress normally produced by loading.
1992 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 27 Mar. 26/5 Prestressing is little used in Britain, except for precast floor units.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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