infrastructure
nounEtymology
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
- borrowed from infrastructure
Definitions
An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
- Near-synonyms: understructure, underpinnings, underbuilding, underframework
- The parasitic tyranny's infrastructure depends on secrecy in order to be effective.
The facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or…
The facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
- Meronyms: (literally, large objects and portions thereof) structures, substructures, understructures, superstructures
- If we don't spend money to maintain our infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, water mains, sewers, and electrical grids, then it will begin to fail us.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at infrastructure. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at infrastructure. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at infrastructure
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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