superstructure

1. (countable, uncountable)Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).

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   structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck

2. (countable, uncountable)Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.

3. (countable, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable)All that part of a building above the basement.

4. (UK, countable, uncountable)The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

5. (Marxism, countable, uncountable)The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.

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1. People can live in superstructures in outer space.

   deMenschen können in Megakonstruktionen im All leben.

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2. "Bridges right now last maybe 25–35 years before we have to replace their decks or superstructures," he notes.

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3. Manan Arya's PhD thesis looked at the use of origami in space superstructures.

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