superstructure

CEFRB2

/sˈupəˌrstrʌktʃər/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

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Workers began building the steel superstructure of the highrise.
The superstructure evolves more slowly and is more resistant to change than the economic infrastructure, especially in the modern industrial age of advanced capitalism.

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The superstructure evolves more slowly and is more resistant to change than the economic infrastructure, especially in the modern industrial age of advanced capitalism.
1995, Richard Appignanesi, Chris Garratt, Postmodernism for Beginners, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 9
The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a "membrane" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Wards Codex entry

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From super- + structure.