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sub·struc·tion
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Substructionnoun
Underbuilding.
Etymology: substructio, from sub and struc, Latin.
To found our habitation firmly, examine the bed of earth upon which we build, and then the underfillings, or substruction, as the ancients called it. Henry Wotton, Architecture.
Webster Dictionary
Substructionnoun
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
Etymology: [L. substructio, fr. substruere, substructum, to build beneath; sub under + struere to build.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of substruction in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of substruction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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