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substructional

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sub⋅struc⋅tion

  [suhb-struhk-shuhn]
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–noun
a foundation or substructure.
Origin:
1615–25; < L substructiōn- (s. of substructiō) foundation, equiv. to substruct(us), ptp. of substruere to lay a foundation (sub- sub- + struc-, var. s. of struere to arrange, put in order + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
sub⋅struc⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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sub·struc·tion   (sŭb-strŭk'shən)   
n.  A foundation; a substructure.

[Latin substrūctiō, substrūctiōn-, from substrūctus, past participle of substruere, to build beneath : sub-, sub- + struere, to build, pile up; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.]
sub·struc'tion·al adj.
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