substructure
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]substructure (plural substructures)
- The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
- Synonym: underbuilding
- The earth or gravel that the railway tracks are embedded in.
- (Marxism) Synonym of base (“the forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life”)
Translations
[edit]the supporting part of a structure
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]substructure f (plural substructures)
Further reading
[edit]- “substructure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sub.struːkˈtuː.re/, [s̠ʊps̠t̪ruːkˈt̪uːrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub.strukˈtu.re/, [subst̪rukˈt̪uːre]
Participle
[edit]substrūctūre
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