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superstructure [ˈsuːpəˌstrʌktʃə] n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the part of a building above its foundation 2. any structure or concept erected on something else 3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical any structure above the main deck of a ship with sides flush with the sides of the hull 4. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) the part of a bridge supported by the piers and abutments 5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Marxist theory) an edifice of interdependent agencies of the state, including legal and political institutions and ideologies, each possessing some autonomy but remaining products of the dominant mode of economic production superstructural adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations superstructure [ˈsuːpəˌstrʌktʃəʳ] n → sovrastruttura superstructure [ˈsuːpəˌstrʌktʃəʳ] n → sovrastruttura How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On her head there was such a superstructure of soft, golden hair--her own and false mixed--that her head was equal in size to the elegantly rounded bust, of which so much was exposed in front. Under the most splendid house in the city is still to be found the cellar where they store their roots as of old, and long after the superstructure has disappeared posterity remark its dent in the earth. I was especially delighted with the mathematics, on account of the certitude and evidence of their reasonings; but I had not as yet a precise knowledge of their true use; and thinking that they but contributed to the advancement of the mechanical arts, I was astonished that foundations, so strong and solid, should have had no loftier superstructure reared on them. |
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