Thermotension

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thermotension \Ther`mo*ten"sion\, n. [Thermo- + tension.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]