Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, having, or characterized by structure.
- adjective Affecting structure.
- adjective Used in or necessary to building.
- adjective Concerned with or resulting from political or especially economic structure.
- adjective Geology Of or relating to the structure of rocks and other aspects of the earth's crust.
- adjective Biology Of or relating to organic structure; morphological.
- adjective Relating to or concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study, such as linguistics or the behavioral sciences.
- noun A part of a structure that bears a weight, or the structural piece used for such a part.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to structure; constructional.
- Concerned with structure or construction; constructive.
- In biology: Of or pertaining to structure; morphological: as, structural characters; structural peculiarities.
- Possessing or characterized by structure; structured; organized.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure.
- adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organit structure
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- adjective Of, relating to, or having
structure - adjective this sense?) Used in
building .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
- adjective relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
- adjective affecting or involved in structure or construction
- adjective pertaining to geological structure
- adjective relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
- adjective relating to or having or characterized by structure
Etymologies
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Examples
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We certainly haven't had any indication of that and again this is a relatively modest level of financing at the subsidiary so the term structural subordination has not really been mentioned to us and we feel relatively comfortable at this level.
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With Zawahri now on top, Leah Farrall, a former Australian senior counter terrorism intelligence analyst and author of the All Things Counter Terrorism blog, said it is unlikely there will be any short term structural changes for al-Qaida.
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With Zawahri now on top, Leah Farrall, a former Australian senior counter terrorism intelligence analyst and author of the All Things Counter Terrorism blog, said it is unlikely there will be any short term structural changes for al-Qaida.
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But Mr. Gaspar said he believes that the austerity plan will lead to economic growth, by breeding what he calls a "structural transformation" of the economy—changes to labor market and judicial system rules, as well as an ambitious privatization effort.
Portugal Unveils Deep Cuts Patricia Kowsmann 2011
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With Zawahri now on top, Leah Farrall, a former Australian senior counter terrorism intelligence analyst and author of the All Things Counter Terrorism blog, said it is unlikely there will be any short term structural changes for al-Qaida.
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With Zawahri now on top, Leah Farrall, a former Australian senior counter terrorism intelligence analyst and author of the All Things Counter Terrorism blog, said it is unlikely there will be any short term structural changes for al-Qaida.
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Dr. Ellyson was extremely concerned with what he called the structural integrity of the site.
Blowback Brad Thor 2005
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Dr. Ellyson was extremely concerned with what he called the structural integrity of the site.
Blowback Brad Thor 2005
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If the surplus disappears, if you have what they call a structural deficit so that the federal government is always borrowing money in the longer term, long-term interest rates go up.
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But sociologists like to talk about what they call the "structural" constraints on behavior.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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