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Thermotension
Webster's Dictionary
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thermotension'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/thermotension.html. 1828.