Definition of "pre-stressed" [pre-stressed]

• Of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use. (adjective)

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• "Does it come pre-stressed so that it looks like it was handed down from my grandpa."
• "Robert Israel's multistory prison cells and second-act dungeon genuinely look as though they're made of pre-stressed concrete, and Florence von Gerkan's modern costumes Eastern Europe during Communism are accurate and unfanciful."
• "Basic shape and structural element of this hall are pre-stressed prefabricated reinforced concrete columns with the height up to 39 m."