Geofront
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Geofront is a noun meaning An underground urban area built to expand a city that is geographically limited.
Meaning
An underground urban area built to expand a city that is geographically limited.
Example Sentences
I figured you two had probably seen something like that before, but I've never even heard of these geofronts existing.
Recently, intense interest has been shown in new frontier space development, such as waterfront and geofront, as underground space is called in Japan.
The tours covered a wide spectrum of subjects and places, including a geofront project, the Yokohama Exotic Showcase exposition, Sakaki town in Nagano.
However, as has been recently discussed as a topic in terms of geofront and waterfront developments, tunnelling of larger diameters and at greater depths is predicted to be necessary, so that the need for further automation and robotization is increased for the purpose of safety and improvement in productivity.
Word Forms
- geofronts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blockfront, undercroft, hypogeum, hyperstructure, earthhouse, underbuilding.
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