hyperstructure

Noun

1. Any algebraic structure equipped with a hyperoperation.
2. A set of sets or a system of systems.
   • One has also to remember that within a hyperstructure - which a regime resembles - not every entity and organization has to be in the same area of state space. - 2013 -, Holger Berg, Transitions of Energy Regimes: An...
3. A very densely populated habitat, as in arcology.
   • With historical landscapes erased, with megastructures and superblocks as primary components, and with an increasingly dense and self-contained circulation system, the new financial district is best conceived as a...
4. A set of documents interlinked by hyperlinks, along with the links between documents.
   • The editing process is split between the hyperstructure editing process and the content editing process: the hyperstructure editing enables the editing of the constituents defined in the hyperstructure: nodes, links,...
   • There are close relationships between these items. For example, a syntax rule presented by text, and its corresponding concept illustrated by a cartoon have a close relation. Therefore, a function is needed to support...
   • Hyperstructure hotlists provide two valuable enhancements to conventional WWW indexing tools. - 1995, Conference Proceedings: Annual SIGDOC Volume 13: