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Webster 1913 Edition
Structure
Struc′ture
,Noun.
[L.
structura
, from struere
, structum
, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew
: cf. F. structure
. Cf. Construe
, Destroy
, Instrument
, Obstruct
.] 1.
The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
[R.]
His son builds on, and never is content
Till the last farthing is in
Till the last farthing is in
structure
spent. J. Dryden, Jr.
2.
Manner of building; form; make; construction.
Want of insight into the
structure
and constitution of the terraqueous globe. Woodward.
3.
Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body;
as, the
. structure
of a rock or a mineral; the structure
of a sentenceIt [basalt] has often a prismatic
structure
. Dana.
4.
(Biol.)
Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms;
as, organic
structure
, or the structure
of animals and plants; cellular structure
.5.
That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
There stands a
structure
of majestic frame. Pope.
Columnar structure
. See under
Columnar
.Webster 1828 Edition
Structure
STRUCTURE
,Noun.
1.
Act of building; practice of erecting buildings.His son builds on and never is content, till the last farthing is in structure spent.
2.
Manner of building; form; make; construction; as the want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe.3.
Manner of organization of animals and vegetables, &c.4.
A building of any kind, but chiefly a building of some size or of magnificence; an edifice. The iron bridge over the Seine in Paris, is a beautiful structure.There stands a structure of majestic frame.
5.
In mineralogy, the particular arrangement of the integrant particles or molecules of a mineral.Definition 2024
structuré
structuré
See also: structure
French
Verb
structuré m (feminine singular structurée, masculine plural structurés, feminine plural structurées)
- past participle of structurer
Adjective
structuré m (feminine singular structurée, masculine plural structurés, feminine plural structurées)