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thermotension

CIDE DICTIONARY

thermotensionn. [Thermo- + tension.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

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