Definition of "substructure" []

• The supporting part of a structure; the foundation. (noun)
• The earth bank or bed supporting railroad tracks. (noun)

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• "So the notion of substructure is sensitive to the choice of signature."
• "It is known as the substructure of B generated by X, and we find it by first adding to X all the elements cB where c are individual constants of K, and then closing off under the functions"
• "The substructure was a fine building, 148 feet by 78 feet; the vaulting was, as described by Professor Willis, "of the earliest kind; constructed of light tufa, having no transverse ribs, and retaining the impressions of the rough, boarded centring upon which they had been formed.""