structural
struc·tu·ral
adjective
1.
relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
- “structural unemployment in a technological society”
2.
relating to or having or characterized by structure
- “structural engineer”
- “structural errors”
- “structural simplicity”
3.
affecting or involved in structure or construction
- “the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements”
- “structural damage”
4.
concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
5.
pertaining to geological structure
- “geomorphological features of the Black Hills”
- “morphological features of granite”
- “structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth”
6.
relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
- “morphological differences”
Origin
From structure + -al, 19th century.
Phrases
- structural adjustment
- structural anthropologist
- structural anthropology
- structural biology
- structural deficit
- structural disorder
- structural engineer
- structural failure
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