substructionn.

Brit.

/səbˈstrʌkʃn/, U.S.

/səbˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin substructiōn-, substructiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin substructiōn-, substructiō building of a foundation or substructure, supporting structure, substructure < substruct- , past participial stem of substruere substruct v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French substruction (1544 in an apparently isolated attestation in sense ‘foundations of a building, parts of a building which are located below the ground’, subsequently from 1802 in sense ‘building which serves as the foundation or substructure for another building’).

a. Architecture. The foundations or substructure of a building or other construction, esp. (in classical architecture) a substructure which raises the floor of a building above ground level. Frequently in plural.In quot. 1650: (perhaps) an underground construction.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > foundation(s)

staddlea900

ground-stathelnessa1300

foundation1398

groundsel1433

ground-pinning1448

underpinning1538

groundworka1557

footing1611

substruction1624

under-filling1624

substructure1726

found1818

pinninga1825

well1832

soling1838

masonite1840

ground-statheling-

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 23 We must first examine the Bed of Earth..vpon which we will Build; and then the vnderfillings or Substruction, as the Auncients did call it.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xii. 259 It was contrived into rooms, and fortified with substructions therein, fit for the receipt of a Prince.

1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 22 Jan. in Wks. (1955) VII. 263 A great quadrangular Portico.., whereof the substructions only now remain.

1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor ix. 27 Higher up is the vaulted substruction or basement of a large temple.

1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. v. 52 The massy substructions of the Capitoline temple.

a1842 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1843) III. xliii. 91 The road therefore was restored, and supported with solid substructions below.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 285 A part of this road is still to be seen..with the ruined masses of the immense substructions which supported it.

1898 G. A. Smith Bk. Twelve Prophets II. xxxvii. 530 Upon terraces and substructions of enormous breadth rose storied palaces, arsenals, barracks, libraries, and temples.

1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey vi. 72 The Fitz William [museum], towering upon immense substructions like any Roman temple.

1993 Papers Brit. School Rome 61 126 The complex,..was a kind of Forum: it had basilica-like colonnades, a Sacred Way leading through a monumental archway to a great Temple high on a substruction, and assembly places for the people and the senate.

b. figurative. A basis, foundation. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun]

ground1340

root1340

substancec1384

fundament1395

foundationc1400

groundment?a1412

footing1440

anvila1450

bottom ground1557

groundwork1557

foot1559

platform1568

subsistence1586

subject matter1600

ground-colour1614

basisa1616

substratum1631

basement1637

bottoma1639

fonda1650

fibre1656

fund1671

fundamen1677

substruction1765

starting ground1802

fundus1839

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. xiii. 405 The laws of Oleron..are received by all nations in Europe as the ground and substruction of all their marine constitutions.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. iv. 51 A substruction and foundation of their new polity.

1825 T. Erskine Ess. Faith (ed. 4) 33 A scaffolding or substruction for the doctrine.

1887 E. Johnson Antiqua Mater 232 The historic ‘substruction’ of a system supported by astrological calculation.

1990 Rev. Educ. Res. 60 443 A strong foundation of empirical research on children's learning provided theoretical substruction.

†2. The action of constructing the foundations or substructure of something, esp. a building. Also in figurative context. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Substruction, an underpinning or grounselling of a house.

1679 S. Woodford Paraphr. upon Canticles 61 These therefore were laid deep, and of the Pile, If ought, Substruction, consecrate to Night, The sense of Touch, too subject to beguile.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 1a), esp. in substruction wall.

ΚΠ

c1676 C. Wren in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 534 The Ground plot of the Substruction Cloister.

1824 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Nov. 482/1 From the middle of the edifice a substruction wall stretches out for a considerable distance towards the south, which is, no doubt, part of the foundation of some destroyed portion of the temple.

1905 Supplementary Papers Amer. School Classical Stud. Rome I. 91 The second important gate was almost certainly situated on the east side,..perhaps on the line of the prolongation of a substruction-wall.

1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 46 The substruction walls are not earlier than the fourth century b.c.

Derivatives

subˈstructional adj. rare of the nature of a substructure; foundational.

ΚΠ

1909 M. W. Stryker in R. Scott & W. C. Stiles Mod. Serm. by World Scholars IX. 117 It is no quasi-hypothesis but a valid ‘hypostasis’; a substructional understanding of the unseen and eternal.

1990 J. O'M. Bockris et al. in G. M. Eckert et al. Electropharmacol. ii. 78 The nerve impulse..is generated across the membrane which is a complicated substructional medium.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	substruction
释义	substructionn. Brit. /səbˈstrʌkʃn/, U.S. /səbˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin substructiōn-, substructiō. Etymology: < classical Latin substructiōn-, substructiō building of a foundation or substructure, supporting structure, substructure < substruct- , past participial stem of substruere substruct v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French substruction (1544 in an apparently isolated attestation in sense ‘foundations of a building, parts of a building which are located below the ground’, subsequently from 1802 in sense ‘building which serves as the foundation or substructure for another building’). 1. a. Architecture. The foundations or substructure of a building or other construction, esp. (in classical architecture) a substructure which raises the floor of a building above ground level. Frequently in plural.In quot. 1650: (perhaps) an underground construction. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > foundation(s) staddlea900 ground-stathelnessa1300 foundation1398 groundsel1433 ground-pinning1448 underpinning1538 groundworka1557 footing1611 substruction1624 under-filling1624 substructure1726 found1818 pinninga1825 well1832 soling1838 masonite1840 ground-statheling- 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 23 We must first examine the Bed of Earth..vpon which we will Build; and then the vnderfillings or Substruction, as the Auncients did call it. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xii. 259 It was contrived into rooms, and fortified with substructions therein, fit for the receipt of a Prince. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 22 Jan. in Wks. (1955) VII. 263 A great quadrangular Portico.., whereof the substructions only now remain. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor ix. 27 Higher up is the vaulted substruction or basement of a large temple. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. v. 52 The massy substructions of the Capitoline temple. a1842 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1843) III. xliii. 91 The road therefore was restored, and supported with solid substructions below. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 285 A part of this road is still to be seen..with the ruined masses of the immense substructions which supported it. 1898 G. A. Smith Bk. Twelve Prophets II. xxxvii. 530 Upon terraces and substructions of enormous breadth rose storied palaces, arsenals, barracks, libraries, and temples. 1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey vi. 72 The Fitz William [museum], towering upon immense substructions like any Roman temple. 1993 Papers Brit. School Rome 61 126 The complex,..was a kind of Forum: it had basilica-like colonnades, a Sacred Way leading through a monumental archway to a great Temple high on a substruction, and assembly places for the people and the senate. b. figurative. A basis, foundation. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] ground1340 root1340 substancec1384 fundament1395 foundationc1400 groundment?a1412 footing1440 anvila1450 bottom ground1557 groundwork1557 foot1559 platform1568 subsistence1586 subject matter1600 ground-colour1614 basisa1616 substratum1631 basement1637 bottoma1639 fonda1650 fibre1656 fund1671 fundamen1677 substruction1765 starting ground1802 fundus1839 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. xiii. 405 The laws of Oleron..are received by all nations in Europe as the ground and substruction of all their marine constitutions. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. iv. 51 A substruction and foundation of their new polity. 1825 T. Erskine Ess. Faith (ed. 4) 33 A scaffolding or substruction for the doctrine. 1887 E. Johnson Antiqua Mater 232 The historic ‘substruction’ of a system supported by astrological calculation. 1990 Rev. Educ. Res. 60 443 A strong foundation of empirical research on children's learning provided theoretical substruction. †2. The action of constructing the foundations or substructure of something, esp. a building. Also in figurative context. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Substruction, an underpinning or grounselling of a house. 1679 S. Woodford Paraphr. upon Canticles 61 These therefore were laid deep, and of the Pile, If ought, Substruction, consecrate to Night, The sense of Touch, too subject to beguile. Compounds General attributive (in sense 1a), esp. in substruction wall. ΚΠ c1676 C. Wren in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 534 The Ground plot of the Substruction Cloister. 1824 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Nov. 482/1 From the middle of the edifice a substruction wall stretches out for a considerable distance towards the south, which is, no doubt, part of the foundation of some destroyed portion of the temple. 1905 Supplementary Papers Amer. School Classical Stud. Rome I. 91 The second important gate was almost certainly situated on the east side,..perhaps on the line of the prolongation of a substruction-wall. 1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 46 The substruction walls are not earlier than the fourth century b.c. Derivatives subˈstructional adj. rare of the nature of a substructure; foundational. ΚΠ 1909 M. W. Stryker in R. Scott & W. C. Stiles Mod. Serm. by World Scholars IX. 117 It is no quasi-hypothesis but a valid ‘hypostasis’; a substructional understanding of the unseen and eternal. 1990 J. O'M. Bockris et al. in G. M. Eckert et al. Electropharmacol. ii. 78 The nerve impulse..is generated across the membrane which is a complicated substructional medium. 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