Definition of SUPERSTRUCTURE

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Recent Examples on the Web Mapping data can then be run through software to detect anomalous undersea structures, like ship hulls, superstructures, and gun turrets, identifying possible wrecks. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Are We Entering a Golden Age of Shipwreck Discovery?," 1 Aug. 2019 An exhibit featuring photos and documents about Stratton's experience, along with a piece of the Arizona's superstructure, will be open to the public at the Colorado Springs Airport. — Shaun Mckinnon, azcentral, "Pearl Harbor survivor will return to the USS Arizona a final time. And he'll be the final one," 7 Dec. 2019 The entire superstructure that made up the wheelhouse and middle deck had been destroyed in the blaze. — Los Angeles Times, "Authorities raise burned remains of Conception after weather delays," 12 Sep. 2019 At the trial of its utility the engine reached a speed of 120 miles an hour and maintained it for 22 minutes, but the superstructure collapsed under the tremendous strain. — Kevin Leonard, baltimoresun.com, "The dream of electric trains has origins in Laurel," 6 Sep. 2019 Artificial turf slopes upward via a scaffolding superstructure. — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, "With ‘Lawn,’ the National Building Museum brings summer indoors," 3 July 2019 The ship’s superstructure, including bridge, mast, radars, antennas, and other electronics, were encased in a single giant trapezoidal tower, reducing hundreds of surfaces and facets to just six smooth, flat surfaces. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Everything We Know About the USS Zumwalt Destroyers," 5 Aug. 2019 There were stories about the arrival of the steel superstructure, built in the Bay Area, and of the concrete girders, made in Long Beach. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "50 years later, Coronado bridge’s iconic status masks its controversial origins," 4 Aug. 2019 Astronomers expected these hot baryons to conform to a cosmic superstructure, one made of invisible dark matter, that spanned the immense voids between galaxies. — Quanta Magazine, "The Last of the Universe’s Ordinary Matter Has Been Found," 10 Sep. 2018

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“Superstructure.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superstructure. Accessed 29 January 2020.