prerelax
verbEtymology From pre- + relax.
1
To relax beforehand.
- Anyway, systematic investigations of the diffusion in nanocrystal line materials, which have been prerelaxed to different extents, very likely will help to clarify questions on this subject matter in a similar way as it was possible for the amorphous alloys.1990, F. J Kedves, D. L. Beke, Diffusion in metals and alloys - Parts 1-3, →ISBN, page 224:
- The tissue is first prerelaxed with nitroprusside and response allowed to stabilize.1993, S. Karger, Pharmacology - Volumes 46-47, page 356:
2 more examples
- heat setting: a process to prerelax a spring in order to improve stress-relaxation resistance in service.1996, Joseph Edward Shigley, Charles R. Mischke, Standard Handbook of Machine Design, →ISBN, page 24-3:
- To prevent paradoxic loss of wrinkles with strong contraction, we partially prerelaxed the pericytes with SNP, a source of nitric oxide.1997, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science: