thermotension

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noun

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.

OriginEnglish tension ← Middle French tension ← Latin tēnsiō →
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Meanings

nounthermotension (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  9. Proto-Italic*tendō
  10. Latintendō
  11. Latintēnsiō
  12. Middle Frenchtension
  13. Englishtension
  14. Englishthermotension

From thermo- + tension.

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APA

thermotension. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermotension

MLA

“thermotension.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermotension. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermotension,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermotension.

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