posttension
English
Verb
posttension (third-person singular simple present posttensions, present participle posttensioning, simple past and past participle posttensioned)
- (construction) To pour concrete first and then stretch the reinforcing strands within it by means of jacks and anchorages.
- Coordinate term: pretension
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