precompressv.
/ˌpriːkəmˈprɛs/, U.S. /ˌprikəmˈprɛs/ transitive. To compress prior to some other treatment or process; (Building) to apply precompression to.
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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
1920 Science 5 Mar. 232/1 The ordinary procedure has been to place in the gun a copper cylinder which had been precompressed to an amount nearly that to be expected.
1936 Structural Engineer 14 259/1 The great 10,000 tons press..was constructed in concrete with only a light reinforcement, but precompressed by the tension given to the hooped wire.
1969 Civil Engin. (Easton, Pa.) June 45/1 In the arch section, over-compression of the upper flange was prevented by precompressing the arches: the span was made 1in. shorter at each end with hydraulic jacks.
2000 Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines: Vocab.: Part 1 (B.S.I.) 9/1 Turbocharging, pressure-charging in which the fresh charge is precompressed by means of a compressor driven by a turbine fed by the exhaust gas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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