Definitions For Megastructure

Noun

MEGASTRUCTURE (plural MEGASTRUCTUREs) A very large structure. (architecture) A specific type of structure characterized by very large buildings with strictly artificial forms. : {{synonyms, en, omnibuilding}} {{quote-journal, en , title=Pritzker Prize for Japanese Architect , author=Herbert Muschamp , date=April 26, 1993 , page=C18 , journal=The New York Times , titleurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/26/arts/pritzker-prize-for-japanese-architect.html , text=A fusion of architecture and city planning, megastructures were supposed to bring together mixed uses -- like housing, shopping, transportation and public space -- within a single building.}} (science fiction) A hypothetical structure not possible with current technology, e.g., a dyson sphere. {{quote-newsgroup, en , title=Enormous Big Things , author=Ross Smith , newsgroup=rec.arts.sf.written , date=January 17, 1993 , url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.sf.written/_Jd2032Udus/smmXnOr0Oq0J , [email protected] , text=For lack of anything intelligent to do (it's a slow weekend), I've been compiling a list of stories about "megastructures" -- ringworlds, Dyson spheres, and so forth.}} {{quote-journal, en , title=The Most Mysterious Star in Our Galaxy , author=Ross Andersen , date=October 13, 2015 , journal=The Atlantic , titleurl=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-most-interesting-star-in-our-galaxy/410023/ , text=Wright and his co-authors say the unusual star’s light pattern is consistent with a “swarm of megastructures,” perhaps stellar-light collectors, technology designed to catch energy from the star.}} (uncountable) The large-scale structure of a material, as contrasted to the fine-scale structure. : Synonym: macrostructure : {{antonyms, en, microstructure}}