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superstructure::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | construction, structure |
| Has types | deck-house |
Examples of superstructure
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Using hydraulic jacks, crews slid the new 2,000-pound superstructure into place.
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Tirpitz then rapidly rolled over and buried her superstructure in the sea floor.
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Although the film is weak at its base, its superstructure is dazzlingly handsome.
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Though it has a complex superstructure, it works because the basics are so sound.
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There was a pyramidal superstructure receding in twenty four steps to the summit.
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With a new superstructure and interior, it could be launched within 18 months.
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He could stop tinkering with the superstructure and attend to the foundations.
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The structure was described as a U-shaped plan, with an open-sided superstructure.
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On passenger ships and warships, the superstructure generally extends far forward.
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- Structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
- A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships. ...
- In Marxist theory, human society consists of two parts: the base (or infrastructure) and superstructure; the base comprises the forces and relations of productionu2014employeru2013employee work conditions, the technical division of labour, and property relationsu2014into which people enter to produce the necessities and amenities of life...
- Any structure built above the top full deck. (FM 55-501); Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis; all that part of a building above the basement. ...
- A structure constructed on or over another structure. For example, a removable denture that fits snugly onto the protruding implant abutments.
- Cabins and rooms above the deck of a ship.
- The part of the bridge above the substructure.
- A term from Marxist social analysis central to the materialist concept of history and social development. ...
- The parts of a suspension bridge that are above water or land; the towers, main cables, suspender cables, and related parts.
