Structure
['strʌktʃə] or ['strʌktʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; 'the structure consisted of a series of arches'; 'she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; 'he has good bone structure'.
(noun.) the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; 'his lectures have no structure'.
(verb.) give a structure to; 'I need to structure my days'.
Inputed by Fidel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
(n.) Manner of building; form; make; construction.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
Typist: Richard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Construction, make, form, arrangement, conformation, configuration, contexture, texture, mode of building, manner of making.[2]. Edifice, fabric, building, erection, pile.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Construction, erection, building, constitution, constituency, organization,make, edifice, composition, texture
ANT:Destruction, subversion, demolition, disorganization, analysis, decomposition,resolution
Inputed by Katherine
Definition
n. manner of building: construction: a building esp. one of large size: arrangement of parts or of particles in a substance: manner of organisation: an organic form.—adj. Struc′tūral morphological.—n. Structūralisā′tion.—adv. Struc′tūrally in a structural manner.—adjs. Struc′tured having a certain structure; Struc′tureless.—adv. Struc′turely in structure by construction.—n. Struc′tūrist one who rears structures.
Checker: Rita
Examples
- Notwithstanding its simple action, its structure is complicated by a large amount of adding mechanism. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The motors are arranged under the cars in varying forms adapted to the structure of the car. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Here Darwin observed crabs of monstrous size, with a structure which ena bled them to open the cocoanuts. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But as he looked the structure of the bridge was still spidery and fine in the mist that hung over the stream. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- However the parts may differ in shape or size, their structure and composition are in general the same. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The more diversified in habits and structure the descendants of our carnivorous animals become, the more places they will be enabled to occupy. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- A set of animals, with their organisation but little diversified, could hardly compete with a set more perfectly diversified in structure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The scantlings of the Marquis of Worcester were now being converted into complete structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- After the structures built for the special purpose comes the modification of building already erected. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Omitting the laboratory structures, it had only about seven houses, the best looking of which Edison lived in, a place that had a windmill pumping water into a reservoir. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Leaving the main building with its corps of busy experimenters, and coming out into the spacious yard, one notes the four long single-story brick structures mentioned above. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In point of fact, the invention of these structures was possible only because electric light already existed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Throughout whole classes various structures are formed on the same pattern, and at a very early age the embryos closely resemble each other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The adoption of this form was due to Fairbairn, the celebrated English inventor and engineer of iron structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Manfred