structure
struc·ture
noun
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”
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”
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
- “his lectures have no structure”
a particular complex anatomical structure
- “he has good bone structure”
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”
verb
Origin
From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.
Phrases
- accessory gonadal structure
- algebraic structure
- ball-and-pillow structure
- band structure
- bone structure
- capital structure
- chemical structure
- control structure
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