substructure
IPA: sˈʌbstrˈʌktʃɝ
noun
- The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
- The earth or gravel that the railway tracks are embedded in.
- (Marxism) Synonym of base (“the forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life”)
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Examples of "substructure" in Sentences
- So the notion of substructure is sensitive to the choice of signature.
- "Well, a particular evolution - such as substructure involving more point-like particles inside ..."
- The substructure is a square 114 yards in diameter and upon this building was probably a smaller, surmounted by a statue of Hadrian.
- Polished granite panels are loose, the substructure is cracked, and water reportedly accumulates in depressions at the base of the parade deck.
- But, of course, written into the substructure of the show is the idea that humans just aren't up to the task of self-governing ... that the Doctor has to make decisions FOR them.
- It is known as the substructure of B generated by X, and we find it by first adding to X all the elements cB where c are individual constants of K, and then closing off under the functions
- In some sense, modern physics is already positing a two-level existence, insofar as it speaks of both an observable physical world that we live in every day, and a kind of "substructure" beneath that of "strings," "membranes," or pure space.
- The citadel the "Phacus," which is close to the city, stands in the marsh itself, projecting like an island, and is built on a huge substructure which is strong enough to carry a wall and prevent any damage from the infiltration from the water of the lagoon.
- The substructure was a fine building, 148 feet by 78 feet; the vaulting was, as described by Professor Willis, "of the earliest kind; constructed of light tufa, having no transverse ribs, and retaining the impressions of the rough, boarded centring upon which they had been formed."
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