infrastructure

Synonyms

• substructurethe basic structure or features of a system or organization ; lowest support of a structure

• "the industrial base of Japan"

Synonyms

• baseuse as a basis for; situate as a center of operations; use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes ; serving as or forming a base; of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; not adhering to ethical or moral principles; having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; illegitimate ; debased; installation from which a military force initiates operations; lowest support of a structure; a place that the runner must touch before scoring; the bottom or lowest part; (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; a lower limit; the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; a support or foundation; a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; the most important or necessary part of something; (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end ; a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the principal ingredient of a mixture; a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector