megaconstruction

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mega- +‎ construction.

Noun[edit]

megaconstruction (plural megaconstructions)

  1. A very large construction.
    • 1995, Douglas Coupland, “Oop”, in Microserfs, New York, N.Y.: ReganBooks, →ISBN, pages 70–71:
      Oop! allows users to clone structures, and add these clones onto each other, permitting easy megaconstructions that use little memory.
    • 2008, Susan Southworth, Michael Southworth, “Introduction”, in AIA Guide to Boston, 3rd edition, Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page x:
      Across the nation megaconstructions spanned multiblocks.
    • 2016, Thomas F[rancis] Madden, “Becoming Modern”, in Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, part IV (Istanbul (1923–2016)), page 355:
      Also on the drawing board were a variety of megaconstructions that Erdoğan believed would place the city once more at the crossroads of the world.
    • 2017, Jaron Lanier, “Be Your Own Pyramidion (About Visual Displays for VR)”, in Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 201:
      Or you might be floating above proposed megaconstructions in a city center.

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