Prestress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Prestress is a verb meaning (linguistics) Before a stress (emphasis placed on a syllable of a word).
Meaning
(linguistics) Before a stress (emphasis placed on a syllable of a word).
More Meanings
- (construction) 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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- prestresses
- prestressing
- prestressed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prestressed, pretension, posttension, prestretch, prestrengthen, preage.
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