prestress

prestress englanniksi

1. To apply stress to structural components in order to produce a tension that counteracts the loads to which the component is subjected in its designed use.

2. Before a stress (gloss).

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3. (quote-book)|passage=Thus, the acute accent is typically characterized by an F0-maximum in the prestress syllable and an F0-minimum in the stressed syllable, while for the grave accent the corresponding F0-maximum occurs in the stressed syllable and the F0-minimum in the poststress syllable.