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Structure - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Structure : (noun)
1: a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the
structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore
her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and
ribbons" [syn: construction]
2: 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"
3: the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their
combinations; "his lectures have no structure"
4: a particular complex anatomical structure; "he has good bone
structure" [syn: anatomical structure, complex body
part, bodily structure, body structure]
5: 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" [syn: social organization, social organisation,
social structure, social system]
(verb)
1: give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Structure : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Structure |
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thestrayworld: Preparing for presentation. The Impact of Housing Development on the Stand Structure of a Mangrove Forest in Likas Bay, Sabah. Long title. |
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ScottishGrl: I may have a huge wall up, it just has no Structure:) |
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