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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  2. Etymology: [L. substructio, fr. substruere, substructum, to build beneath; sub under + struere to build.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of substruction in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of substruction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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