Definition of Substruction. Meaning of Substruction. Synonyms of Substruction

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Definition of Substruction

Substruction
Substruction Sub*struc"tion, n. [L. substructio, fr. substruere, substructum, to build beneath; sub under + struere to build.] (Arch.) Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground. It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction very remarkable. --Evelyn.

Meaning of Substruction from wikipedia

- Example of opus mixtum in the substruction of Brest Castle, France...
- bank on which the building was set, large support structures, called substructions, were created in the northern part, and substantial cuts were made to...
- by the 193-metre-wide (633-foot) Pergamon Bridge, the largest bridge substruction of antiquity. According to Christian tradition, in the year 92 Saint...
- The Pergamon Bridge is a Roman substruction bridge over the Selinus river (modern Bergama Çayı) in the ancient city of Pergamon (today Bergama), modern-day...
- have all been carried away, but many of the stones which formed their substruction remain. Immediately below the theatre, on the s****, are the ruins of...
- create an alternative reality through subversion and construction ("substruction"). The book's loose structure and short length leaves the reader to interpret...
- water] arrives at the bottom, let it be carried level by means of a low substruction as great a distance as possible; this is the part called the venter,...
- the promontory on the west of it; under the Hotel Bellevue Syrene are substructions and a rock-hewn tunnel. To the north-west on the Capo di Sorrento is...
- Luka, Prvić Šepurine, Žirje and Kaprije. The church was built on the substruction of the earlier, smaller church in 1662, by Vicko Ivanov from Korčula...
- was the Pergamon Bridge in Pergamon, Turkey. The structure served as a substruction for a large court in front of the Serapis Temple, allowing the waters...