thermotension - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'thermotension' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Thermotension

[ n.]

- A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.

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