English Explanatory Dictionary

post-tensioning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

present participle and gerund of post-tension

noun

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.

Word forms

post-tensioning

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