Definition of Pretensioned

1. pretension [v] - See also: pretension

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretensioned

pretendences
pretender
pretenders
pretendership
pretenderships
pretendeth
pretending
pretendingly
pretends
pretense
pretensed
pretenseful
pretenseless
pretenses
pretension
pretensioned (current term)
pretensioning
pretensionless
pretensions
pretentative
pretention
pretentions
pretentious
pretentiously
pretentiousness
pretentiousnesses
preter-
preter-human
preterhuman
preterient

Literary usage of Pretensioned

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. NEHRP Commentary on the Gidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildingsedited by Eugene Zeller edited by Eugene Zeller (2000)
"Prestressing—both pretensioned and post-tensioned—was becoming a factor in ... Accompanying pretensioned concrete was a greater degree of precasting, ..."

2. Defense Conversion: Redirecting R&Dby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"However, aspects of die technology might find application in bridge building, highway spans, and pretensioned concrete for transit systems. ..."

3. Metals in America's Historic Buildings: Uses and Preservation Treatments by Margot Gayle, John G. Waite (1992)
"... steel framing systems such as the massive diagonal bracing on the John Hancock Building by Ì. M. Pei in Chicago. Likewise, pretensioned and ..."

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