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structure(1) (iou)



structure noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin structura, from struct- pa. ppl stem of struere build: see -URE.]
The action, practice, or process of building or construction. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
The arrangement and mutual relation of the constituent parts of a whole; composition, make-up, form. L16.
career structure, deep structure, flow structure, logical structure, pillow structure, surface structure, etc.
J. D. Watson The three-dimensional structures of proteins. Horse & Rider A seminar on structure and movement in the horse. V. Glendinning With the job she lost the comfortable structure of her days. Apollo Decorative..paintings of vibrant chromatic structure. Metals & Materials The course structure consists of a foundation set of modules.
A thing which is built or constructed; a building, an edifice. More widely, any framework or fabric of assembled material parts. E17.
W. Cowper This moveable structure of shelves. Sloan Wilson A tall Victorian structure with a tower. Architects' Journal A fabric structure covers the central concourse.
b. Manner of building or construction; the way in which an edifice, machine, implement, etc., is constructed. M17.
c. Buildings collectively. rare. L17.
An organized body, a combination of mutually connected and dependent parts, a component part or organ in an organism. M19.
C. Darwin Any structure highly perfected for any particular habit, as the wings of a bird for flight.
Comb.: structure-function adjective pertaining to both structure and function; structure plan a plan drawn up by a local planning authority for the use of a prescribed area of land; structure planning the preparation of a structure plan.
structureless adjective lacking organic structure M19.
structuri'zation noun the process of giving a structure to something or of arranging material into an organized pattern M20.
structurize verb trans. give a structure to, organize structurally M20.