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substructure
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In mathematical logic , an (induced) substructure or (induced) subalgebra is a structure whose domain is a subset of that of a bigger structure, and whose functions and relations are the traces of the functions and relations of the bigger structure. Some ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Here is a Roman theatre built over barrel-vaulted substructures but gently resting in part against the hillside. ▪ It has a pretty standard crime-fiction substructure that provides the felt on which the characters shoot their ...
WordNet
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n. the basic structure or features of a system or organization [syn: infrastructure ] lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation , base , fundament , foot , groundwork , understructure ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation). 2 The earth or gravel that railway sleepers are embedded in.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Substructure \Sub*struc"ture\, n. [Pref. sub- + structure.] (Arch.) Same as Substruction . An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1726, "foundation, part of a building which supports another part," from sub- + structure (n.). Earlier in this sense was substruction (1620s). Related: Substructural .
Usage examples of substructure.
Their only insectoid features, outside of the wings and arms that indicate three pairs of functional limbs, are some peculiarities of the mandibular substructure, and a few traces of exoskeleton.
Gothic towers resting on a Saxon or Romanesque substructure, whose foundation in turn was of a still earlier order or blend of orders -- Roman, and even Druidic or native Cymric, if legends speak truly.
Gothic towers resting on a Saxon or Romanesque substructure, whose foundation in turn was of a still earlier order or blend of orders--Roman, and even Druidic or native Cymric, if legends speak truly.
The geometry is entirely radial, so there are no edge-bleeding effects, and, as far as I can tell, the thing is distortionless, intertialess, and self-interference-free, so that anything stored on it will last until the end of time, or until quanta-level decay erodes the fundamental substructure of the behavior of basic particles, whichever comes first.
To date there are intriguing hints in theoretical studies that strings may have further substructure, but there is as yet no definitive evidence.
Still, all these edifices and balls were as nothing compared with the vast substructures which strengthened their foundations.
This was a parabolic curve unaffected in its course by such historical disturbances and shocks as invasions, plagues, and genocides, because technology, once it gained momentum, became a variable independent of the civilizational substructure.
And with all that care and loving attention woven into its energetic substructure over a period even of centuries, the quality of its vibration is greater by far than if it had been bought at a supermarket garden centre and carried home for immediate installation on the patio!
A sort of lingering uni-verse is retained as a residual charge, experienced as a pseudo environment but highly unstable and unsupported by any ergic substructure.
Obviously, we must take into account the primordial substructure and arrange for the upholding of culture by methods which will stand the acid test of stress and conflicting ambitions.