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noun
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mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
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something built or constructed, as a building, bridge, or dam.
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a complex system considered from the point of view of the whole rather than of any single part: the structure of modern science.
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anything composed of parts arranged together in some way; an organization.
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EXPANDthe relationship or organization of the component parts of a work of art or literature: the structure of a poem.
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Biology. mode of organization; construction and arrangement of tissues, parts, or organs.
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Geology.
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the attitude of a bed or stratum or of beds or strata of sedimentary rocks, as indicated by the dip and strike.
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the coarser composition of a rock, as contrasted with its texture.
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Sociology.
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the system or complex of beliefs held by members of a social group.
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the system of relations between the constituent groups of a society.
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the pattern of relationships, as of status or friendship, existing among the members of a group or society.
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COLLAPSEthe pattern of organization of a language as a whole or of arrangements of linguistic units, as phonemes, morphemes or tagmemes, within larger units.
verb (used with object)
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to give a structure, organization, or arrangement to; construct a systematic framework for.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin structūra, equivalent to struct(us) (past participle of struere to put together) + -ūra -ure
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin structūra, equivalent to struct(us) (past participle of struere to put together) + -ūra -ure
Related forms
de·struc·ture, verb (used with object), -tured, -tur·ing.
in·ter·struc·ture, noun
non·struc·ture, noun
pre·struc·ture, verb (used with object), -tured, -tur·ing.
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structure
c.1440, "action or process of building or construction," from L. structura "a fitting together, adjustment, building," from structus, pp. of struere "to pile, build, assemble," related to strues "heap," from PIE *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (cf. Skt. strnoti "strews, throws down;" Avestan
EXPANDstar- "to spread out, stretch out;" Gk. stornymi "strew," stroma "bedding, mattress," sternon "breast, breastbone;" L. sternere "to stretch, extend;" O.C.S. stira, streti "spread," strama "district;" Rus. stroji "order;" Goth. straujan, O.H.G. strouwen, O.E. streowian "to sprinkle, strew;" O.E. streon "strain," streaw "straw, that which is scattered;" O.H.G. stirna "forehead," strala "arrow, lightning bolt;" O.Ir. fo-sernaim "spread out," srath "a wide river valley;" Welsh srat "plain"). Meaning "that which is constructed, a building or edifice" is from 1615. Structured "organized so as to produce results" is from 1959.
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structure struc·ture (strŭk'chər)
n.
The arrangement or formation of the tissues, organs, or other parts of an organism.
A tissue, an organ, or other formation made up of different but related parts.
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