prerelax

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ relax

Verb

prerelax (third-person singular simple present prerelaxes, present participle prerelaxing, simple past and past participle prerelaxed)

1. To relax beforehand.
   • 1990, F. J Kedves, D. L. Beke, Diffusion in metals and alloys - Parts 1-3, →ISBN, page 224:

     Anyway, systematic investigations of the diffusion in nanocrystal line materials, which have been prerelaxed to different extents, very likely will help to clarify questions on this subject matter in a similar way as it was possible for the amorphous alloys.

   • 1993, S. Karger, Pharmacology - Volumes 46-47, page 356:

     The tissue is first prerelaxed with nitroprusside and response allowed to stabilize.

   • 1996, Joseph Edward Shigley, Charles R. Mischke, Standard Handbook of Machine Design, →ISBN, page 24-3:

     heat setting: a process to prerelax a spring in order to improve stress-relaxation resistance in service.

   • 1997, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science:

     To prevent paradoxic loss of wrinkles with strong contraction, we partially prerelaxed the pericytes with SNP, a source of nitric oxide.