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What is a superstructure?

What is a superstructure? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
  2. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
  3. All that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
  4. (Britain) (railroad) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
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Davits on either side of the superstructure secure two Landing Craft Vehicular and Personnel craft.
A typical present-day covered bridge has a flooring dead load equal to approximately one third of the total weight of the bridge superstructure.
These holes, and the gaps left by her quickly vanishing superstructure allowed easy and safe access for divers.
This type of superstructure could be erected on foundations with either round or quadrilateral contours.
The other common merchant ship layout is all holds forward with a superstructure aft.
A stone construction with a wooden superstructure, the bridge houses 64 shops.

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