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infrastructure|ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktjʊə(r)|
[Fr. (1875 in Robert), f. infra- + structure n.]
A collective term for the subordinate parts of an undertaking; substructure, foundation; spec. the permanent installations forming a basis for military operations, as airfields, naval bases, training establishments, etc.
1927Chambers's Jrnl. 14 May 374/2 The tunnels, bridges, culverts, and ‘infrastructure’ work generally of the Ax to Bourg-Madame line have been completed. 1950W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons CDLXXVI. 2145 In this Debate we have had the usual jargon about ‘the infrastructure of a supra-national authority’. 1951European Rev. Oct. 2/1 This new term ‘infrastructure’..denotes fixed military facilities such as airfields, base installations and transport systems. 1956D. Noakes tr. Hodeir's Jazz 197 What I call the infrastructure is the regularly produced two- or four-beat meter (2/2 or 4/4 measure) that characterizes any jazz performance. 1957T. Kilmartin tr. Aron's Opium of Intellectuals iv. 133 Thirty years ago, the dominant school of thought in the Soviet Union undertook..the task of analysing the infrastructure of society. 1960Times 9 Dec. 14/2 Part of the Nato infrastructure programme. 1971Inside Kenya Today Mar. 15/1 A.I.D. assistance will be focused on Vihiga Division and will..upgrade the infrastructure of roads and other social services. 1971J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 31 A very complex infrastructure of scores of vernacular languages.
So ˌinfraˈstructural a.
1963Economist 13 Apr. 130/2 Very low interest rates..for various forms of infrastructural development. 1967Ibid. 23 Sept. 1104/2 Big, infrastructural programmes—the building of dams, power stations, roads, railways, harbours and airports. |