infrastructure

noun
/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/UK/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/CA/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹɐkt͡ʃə/

Etymology

Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.

  1. borrowed from infrastructure

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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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.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA