posttension

posttension
/pohst ten"sheuhn/, v.t.
1. (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) after the concrete has set. Cf. pretension2 (def. 1).
2. to make (a concrete member) with posttensioned reinforcement.
[1970-75; POST- + TENSION]

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