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Definition of Superstructure
1. Noun. Structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck.
Definition of Superstructure
1. n. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
Definition of Superstructure
1. Noun. (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck. (FM 55-501). ¹
2. Noun. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis ¹
3. Noun. all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. ¹
4. Noun. (British) (''railroad'') The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superstructure
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superstructure
Literary usage of Superstructure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"These circumstances the shock and recoil of the waves; and the greater of the
foundations and the protection of the toe oí tbt superstructure greatly ..."
2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1890)
"Stubbs, Const. Hist., vol. ip 278. 439- The modern constitution the outcome of
the fusion. Superstructure Norman, substructure Old- English. ..."
3. The Engineering Index by John Butler Johnson, Association of Engineering Societies, Henry Harrison Suplee, Johannes H. Cuntz, Charles Buxton Going (1892)
"Piers and superstructure, id., Nov. 29, 1890, pp. 713-15. Foundations, RR Gat., Nov.
7, 1890, pp. 763-4. Twer Bridge. London. A scries of illustrations of ..."
4. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"THE Superstructure.* MISS MARY B. CUTLER, CLASS OF '87. In the midst of the brick
and the mortar, We pause, with plummet in hand, To look backward and ..."
5. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"Their breakwaters, however, differ from those previously described in having the
superstructure founded at a lower level: they are thus a stage further ..."
6. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"IN the harbours about to be described, the superstructure on the top of the rubble
mound ... The superstructure, instead of being merely a parapet wall and ..."
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