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Structure Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Structure? [n] [n] the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" [n] [n] the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" [n] the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family" [v] give a structure to; "I need to structure my days" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Structure: anatomical structure \| bodily structure \| body structure \| complex body part \| construction \| social organisation \| social organization \| social structure \| social system Related Terms \| Find terms related to Structure: See Also \| airdock \| altar \| alveolar bed \| apodeme \| arcade \| arch \| architecture \| area \| arena \| arrangement \| artefact \| artifact \| aster \| balcony \| ball \| bascule \| base \| blade \| boarding \| bodily cavity \| body \| body part \| bony labyrinth \| bowl \| branchial arch \| branchial cleft \| bridge \| building \| building complex \| bulb \| caliculus \| calycle \| calyculus \| capsule \| cardcastle \| cardhouse \| carina \| cartilaginous structure \| catchment \| cauda \| cavity \| cavum \| centromere \| chiasm \| chiasma \| cingulum \| class structure \| cognition \| coil \| colonnade \| column \| complex \| composition \| computer architecture \| concha \| configuration \| constellation \| constitution \| convolution \| coordinate \| corner \| cross \| cytoarchitectonics \| cytoarchitecture \| deathtrap \| decussation \| defence \| defense \| defensive structure \| divider \| door \| edifice \| entablature \| erection \| establishment \| fabric \| feudal system \| feudalism \| filament \| filum \| floor \| fold \| foot \| form \| form of government \| foundation \| fountain \| framework \| fundament \| fundus \| funiculus \| germ \| gill arch \| gill bar \| gill cleft \| gill slit \| glans \| groundwork \| gyrus \| hangar \| head \| helix \| hill \| house of cards \| housing \| hull \| impediment \| impedimenta \| infrastructure \| infundibulum \| interstice \| jungle gym \| kinetochore \| knowledge \| lacrimal apparatus \| lamination \| landing \| landing place \| landmark \| layer \| level \| limbus \| living accommodations \| lodging \| lookout \| lookout station \| makeup \| masonry \| matriarchate \| matriarchy \| membranous labyrinth \| memorial \| meritocracy \| monument \| morphology \| mound \| neural structure \| noesis \| nucleolar organiser \| nucleolar organizer \| nucleolus organiser \| nucleolus organizer \| observation tower \| observatory \| obstructer \| obstruction \| obstructor \| offset \| organisation \| organise \| organization \| organize \| osseous labyrinth \| pad \| partition \| passage \| passageway \| patriarchate \| patriarchy \| pattern \| peristome \| phrase structure \| pillar \| plate \| plate \| platform \| plexus \| plica \| political system \| porch \| post and lintel \| prefab \| projection \| public works \| quoin \| radicle \| reconstitute \| repair shed \| restructure \| rete \| rib \| root \| segregation \| sentence structure \| set back \| setoff \| shape \| shelter \| shoebox \| sign \| signboard \| society \| sound structure \| span \| spiral \| stadium \| storey \| story \| structural member \| substructure \| substructure \| syllable structure \| syntax \| syrinx \| system \| system \| tooth \| tooth root \| tube \| tube-shaped structure \| understructure \| uvea \| valve \| vascular structure \| volute \| weapons platform \| whorl \| word structure Structure In Webster's Dictionary \Struc"ture\, n. [L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. {Construe}, {Destroy}, {Instrument}, {Obstruct}.] 1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction. [R.] His son builds on, and never is content Till the last farthing is in structure spent. --J. Dryden, Jr. 2. Manner of building; form; make; construction. Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe. --Woodward. 3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence. It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. --Dana. 4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure. 5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice. There stands a structure of majestic frame. --Pope. {Columnar structure}. See under {Columnar}.

Structure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Structure?

[n]
[n] the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"
[n]
[n] the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"
[n] the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
[v] give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"

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Structure In Webster's Dictionary

\Struc"ture\, n. [L. structura, from struere,
structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E.
strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. {Construe}, {Destroy},
{Instrument}, {Obstruct}.]
1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings;
   construction. [R.]

         His son builds on, and never is content Till the
         last farthing is in structure spent.  --J. Dryden,
                                               Jr.

2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.

         Want of insight into the structure and constitution
         of the terraqueous globe.             --Woodward.

3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent
   particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a
   rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.

         It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. --Dana.

4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the
   different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable
   organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of
   animals and plants; cellular structure.

5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some
   size or magnificence; an edifice.

         There stands a structure of majestic frame. --Pope.

{Columnar structure}. See under {Columnar}.

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