structure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: structure	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for structure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
structure n a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" Synonym(s): structure, construction 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 part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" Synonym(s): structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body 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" Synonym(s): social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure v give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Structure \Struc"ture\, n. [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 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 sentence. It [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}.