Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The supporting part of a structure; the foundation.
- noun The earth bank or bed supporting railroad tracks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substruction; any under-structure; a foundation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) Same as
substruction . - noun An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
supporting part of astructure (eitherphysical ororganizational ; thefoundation );underbuilding . - noun The
earth orgravel thatrailway sleepers areembedded in.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lowest support of a structure
- noun the basic structure or features of a system or organization
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Examples
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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
First-order Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009
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So the notion of substructure is sensitive to the choice of signature.
First-order Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009
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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."
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. Hartley Withers 1908
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The substructure is a square 114 yards in diameter and upon this building was probably a smaller, surmounted by a statue of Hadrian.
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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.
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"Well, a particular evolution - such as substructure involving more point-like particles inside ..."
Scientific Blogging News Account 2010
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"Well, a particular evolution - such as substructure involving more point-like particles inside ..."
Scientific Blogging News Account 2010
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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.
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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.
Humperdinck: "Now, if we only had a wheelbarrow..." rabid1st 2009
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Polished granite panels are loose, the substructure is cracked, and water reportedly accumulates in depressions at the base of the parade deck.
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