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Infrastructure
1. An underlying base or foundation
especially for an organization or
system. 2.
The basic facilities,
services, and installations needed
for the functioning of a community
or society, such as transportation
and communications systems,
water and power lines, and public
institutions including schools. [2]
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of Standards and Technology
Corps of Civil Engineers
Engineer
8. to arrange, manage, or carry
through by skillful or artful
contrivance. [3]
Medieval Latin ingeniātor, derivative
of ingeniāre to design, devise (v.
derivative of ingenium; see engine
Civil
1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of
citizens: 4. befitting a citizen: a civil
duty.
6. adhering to the norms of polite
social intercourse: civil relations. [3]
Latin
cīvīlis=cīv(is) citizen + -īlis -ile
Corps
2. A body of persons acting together
or associated under common
direction. [2]
from Latin corpus,
body
Contrivance
1. something contrived, esp an
ingenious device; contraption 2. the
act or faculty of devising or adapting;
inventive skill or ability [1]
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