Architecture Definition & Meaning

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Architecture

Architecture Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Architecture? [n] the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect [n] an architectural product or work [n] (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software" [n] the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Architecture: computer architecture Related Terms \| Find terms related to Architecture: academic \| action \| anagnorisis \| anatomy \| angle \| architectonics \| argument \| arrangement \| assembly \| atmosphere \| background \| baroque \| Bauhaus \| build \| building \| Byzantine \| casting \| catastrophe \| characterization \| civil architecture \| color \| complication \| composition \| conformation \| constitution \| construct \| construction \| continuity \| contrivance \| conversion \| crafting \| craftsmanship \| creation \| cultivation \| denouement \| design \| development \| device \| devising \| early renaissance \| edifice \| Egyptian \| elaboration \| English \| episode \| erection \| establishment \| extraction \| fable \| fabric \| fabrication \| falling action \| fashion \| fashioning \| forging \| form \| format \| formation \| forming \| formulation \| frame \| framing \| French \| frozen music \| functionalism \| German \| getup \| gimmick \| Gothic \| Greco-Roman \| Greek \| Greek Revival \| growing \| handicraft \| handiwork \| harvesting \| house \| incident \| international \| Italian \| landscape architecture \| landscape gardening \| line \| local color \| machining \| make \| makeup \| making \| manufacture \| manufacturing \| medieval \| milling \| mining \| modern \| mold \| molding \| mood \| motif \| movement \| mythos \| organic structure \| organism \| organization \| packaged house \| pattern \| patterning \| peripeteia \| Persian \| physique \| pile \| plan \| plot \| prefab \| prefabrication \| preparation \| processing \| producing \| production \| pyramid \| raising \| recognition \| refining \| Renaissance \| rising action \| Roman \| Romanesque \| scheme \| secondary plot \| setup \| shape \| shaping \| skyscraper \| slant \| smelting \| Spanish \| story \| structure \| structuring \| subject \| subplot \| superstructure \| switch \| tectonics \| texture \| thematic development \| theme \| tissue \| tone \| topic \| tower \| twist \| warp and woof \| weave \| web \| workmanship See Also \| architectonics \| bailiwick \| branch of knowledge \| building \| CISC \| complex instruction set computer \| complex instruction set computing \| discipline \| edifice \| field \| field of study \| interior design \| landscape architecture \| profession \| reduced instruction set computer \| reduced instruction set computing \| RISC \| structure \| study \| subject \| subject area \| subject field \| tectonics \| urban planning Architecture In Webster's Dictionary \Ar"chi*tec`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. architectura, fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See {Architect}.] 1. The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. --Ruskin. 3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship. The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees. --Tyndall. The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture. --Burnet. {Military architecture}, the art of fortifications. {Naval architecture}, the art of building ships.

Architecture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Architecture?

[n] the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
[n] an architectural product or work
[n] (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software"
[n] the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Architecture: computer architecture

Architecture In Webster's Dictionary

\Ar"chi*tec`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. architectura,
fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See {Architect}.]
1. The art or science of building; especially, the art of
   building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures,
   for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil
   architecture.

         Many other architectures besides Gothic. --Ruskin.

3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure;
   workmanship.

         The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees.
                                               --Tyndall.

         The formation of the first earth being a piece of
         divine architecture.                  --Burnet.

{Military architecture}, the art of fortifications.

{Naval architecture}, the art of building ships.

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