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prestressed concrete
(redirected from Pre-stressed concrete)

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prestressed concrete
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) 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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prestressed concrete [ˈpriːˌstrɛstˈkɒnkriːt] adjcemento armato precompresso


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