megaconstruction

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ construction.

Noun

megaconstruction (plural megaconstructions)

1. A very large construction.
   • 1995, Douglas Coupland, “Oop”, in Microserfs, New York, N.Y.: ReganBooks, →ISBN, pages 70–71:

     Oop! allows users to clone structures, and add these clones onto each other, permitting easy megaconstructions that use little memory.

   • 2008, Susan Southworth, Michael Southworth, “Introduction”, in AIA Guide to Boston, 3rd edition, Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page x:

     Across the nation megaconstructions spanned multiblocks.

   • 2016, Thomas F[rancis] Madden, “Becoming Modern”, in Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, part IV (Istanbul (1923–2016)), page 355:

     Also on the drawing board were a variety of megaconstructions that Erdoğan believed would place the city once more at the crossroads of the world.

   • 2017, Jaron Lanier, “Be Your Own Pyramidion (About Visual Displays for VR)”, in Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 201:

     Or you might be floating above proposed megaconstructions in a city center.

Translations

very large construction

• Spanish: megaconstrucción f