superstructure
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pərˌstrʌk noun
1.
the part of a building or construction entirely above its foundation or basement.
2.
any structure built on something else.
3.
the overlying framework or features of an organization, institution, or system, built or superimposed on a more fundamental base.
4.
Nautical. any construction built above the main deck of a vessel as an upward continuation of the sides. Compare deckhouse.
5.
the part of a bridge that rests on the piers and abutments.
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superstructure (ˈsuːpəˌstrʌktʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the part of a building above its foundation |
| 2. | any structure or concept erected on something else |
| 3. | nautical any structure above the main deck of a ship with sides flush with the sides of the hull |
| 4. | the part of a bridge supported by the piers and abutments |
| 5. | (in Marxist theory) an edifice of interdependent agencies of the state, including legal and political institutions and ideologies, each possessing some autonomy but remaining products of the dominant mode of economic production |
| 'superstructural | |
| —adj | |
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Medical Dictionary
superstructure su·per·struc·ture (s&oomacr;'pər-strŭk'chər)
n.
A structure above the surface.
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Example sentences
The problem is the wooden superstructure, the white wedding-cake of decks above the boat's mighty hull.
Now it falls to the crew to go out and de-ice the superstructure, but of course this is happening when the weather is awful.
Eleven thousand three hundred tons of superstructure steel are waiting.
Not a flaw in the superstructure which they are rearing escapes their vigilance.
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