prestressedadj.
/ˌpriːˈstrɛst/, U.S. /priˈstrɛs(t)/ 1. Previously subjected to stress; strengthened by the application of stress during manufacture; spec. (of concrete) reinforced by steel rods or wires which have been tensioned while the concrete is setting.
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lean1726
monolithic1874
granolithic1881
ferro-concrete1901
vibrated1930
prestressed1936
no-fines1946
post-stretched1946
post-tensioned1950
slipformed1968
1936 Structural Engineer 14 251/1 Two telegraph posts 40 ft. long,..one..in pre-stressed concrete, and the other..in ordinary reinforced concrete, were subjected to alternate stressing.
1963 H. R. Simonds & J. M. Church Conc. Guide Plastics (ed. 2) vii. 172 These prestressed laminated structures show strengths three to four times those of the unstressed fabric laminates.
2002 Star (Sheffield) (Nexis) 24 July Innovative use of pre-stressed cable allowed the construction to be phased for the Commonwealth Games.
2. Linguistics. Preceded by a stressed element.
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1955 K. L. Pike Lang. in Rel. Human Behavior II. ix. 57 A ballistic beginning of the stressed syllable, with a controlled post-stress end of the stress group and an optional controlled pre-stressed beginning, appear to comprise some of the crucial features of the basic pattern of somewhat-even timing of recurrent stress groups which makes up the characteristic stress timing of English.
1965 Language 41 473 Syllables [in Amuzgo]..occur stressed, prestressed, or poststressed.
1974 Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 55 653/1 The acoustic cues for the distinction between voiced and voiceless stop consonants in initial prestressed position in English have been examined in detail.
1984 E. Fudge Eng. Word-stress iv. 41 By far the largest group of suffixes is that in which stress is assigned to a syllable a certain number of syllables before the one containing the suffix. These ‘pre-stressed’ suffixes are best subclassified according to the number of syllables involved.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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