substructure
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“A substructure or underlying foundation; especially, the basic economic, social, or military facilities and installations of a community, state, etc.” says Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, from 1983.
From Seattle Times
Also in 1996 quark substructures were found at around three sigma.
From Scientific American
The flaw creates potential gaps between the fuselage skin and the substructure around the inside of the join that allows the sections to be bolted together.
From Seattle Times
Segura-Cox and colleagues’ work pushes past this age limit, finding the first clear evidence of narrow bright and dark ring-like substructures in a disk that is less than 500,000 years old.
From Nature
Another goal was sustainability, as well as a rigid substructure designed to withstand another superstorm like Sandy.
From New York Times
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