infrastructure
Noun
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The basic structure or features of a system or organization (synset 103575552)
is a type of: structure - the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its partsis a part of: system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entitysame as: substructure
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The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area (synset 103575144)
"the industrial base of Japan"has:
- communication equipment, communication system - facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information
- fire station, firehouse - a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
- gas system - facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service
- main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- penal facility, penal institution - an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public
- grid, power grid, power system - a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
- public works - structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use
- school system - establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school
- sewage system, sewage works, sewer system - facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage
- transit, transportation, transportation system - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
- water, water supply, water system - a facility that provides a source of water
same as: base
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