post-tensioning

English

Verb

post-tensioning

present participle and gerund of post-tension

Noun

post-tensioning (uncountable)

(engineering) Application of tension to a structure after it has gained a specified strength or age, especially to steel tendons in concrete to reinforce the structure.

Translations

engineering; concrete structure technique

Greek: μετατάνυση f (metatánysi)

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