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Meanings of constructions in English

Russian
искусственная структура
Portuguese
estrutura construída
Catalan
construcció
Spanish
construccion
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Artificial construction meant to remain at a fixed geographic location.

      искусственная структура
      Usage of constructions in English
      1
      This musical work is one of the peak complexity constructions in music.
      The Brain, A Decoded Enigma
      2
      It is useful in tidal work and embankments, and constructions under water.
      Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bréquigny, Louis George...
      3
      We act as we deem right; we do not heed untrue constructions.
      Under Two Flags
      4
      We have seen constructions completed, which is not a drag on growth.
      Reuters
      5
      These are golemachs, fighting constructions, matched against each other weight for weight.
      Iron Council
      6
      He put it to the jury whether such forced constructions were safe.
      A Residence in France / With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Se...
      7
      How different are these mechanical constructions from that expression of the birds
      Platform Monologues
      8
      Some verb-doubled constructions have special meanings not immediately obvious from the verb.
      The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
      9
      Color-coded icons represent constructions in each location over time, starting in 1893.
      Wired
      10
      The diction is severely classical, free from Greek constructions and antiquated harshness.
      The History of Roman Literature / From the Earliest Period to th...
      11
      The Christmas storms challenged the constructions but they sustained the battering well.
      The Irish Times
      12
      Rob was headed to one of the oldest human constructions ever built.
      The genesis secret
      13
      He continued: Recollect that two constructions can be placed upon this matter.
      The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
      14
      My brother and sister will be at hand with their good-natured constructions.
      Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2
      15
      Both constructions were also performed in the laboratory strain L. plantarum NCIB8826.
      Pubmed
      16
      Hence there is a great augmentation of humid surface from those constructions.
      The Earth as Modified by Human Action
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