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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. uncountable

Etymology

From thermo- + tension.

Related phrases

wrought iron

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