post-tensioning

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Verb[edit]

post-tensioning

  1. present participle and gerund of post-tension

Noun[edit]

post-tensioning (uncountable)

  1. (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.

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