prestressed concrete

American  

noun

1. concrete reinforced with wire strands, pretensioned or post-tensioned within their elastic limit to give an active resistance to loads.

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prestressed concrete British  

noun

1. concrete that contains steel wires, cables, etc, that are prestressed within their elastic limit to counteract the stresses that will occur under load

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Etymology

Origin of prestressed concrete

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

He sketched a plan on a scrap of paper: two rectangular concrete decks laid out in parallel, holding oil tanks made of prestressed concrete partly submerged in the water.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2017

The reason is that the structure is of prestressed concrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

Texas gives a contractor a choice of materials to use on a job so that he can pick the cheapest, e.g. steel or prestressed concrete on bridges.

From Time Magazine Archive

The structure has tall, tapered concrete columns with exposed brackets that hold precast, prestressed concrete girders.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the most ingenious uses of prestressed concrete is in the $21 million floating bridge across the Hood Canal in Washington's Puget Sound.

From Time Magazine Archive