nonstructural
Americanadjective
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not structural; not part of the essential structure of something.
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Immunology. (of a viral protein) encoded by the viral genome and involved in the replication of the virus particle, or virion, but not part of the structure of the virion itself.
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Comprising most of the museum’s 100,000 square feet of exhibition space, it is treated as one great loft, sliced into smaller galleries by nonstructural partitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
It looks like these are transient, nonstructural issues that should improve over the next few quarters.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Most of the building damage from Friday’s quake was nonstructural, hitting partition walls, fixtures, electricity and plumbing, Alam said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
For nonstructural parts of the boat, 11th Hour Racing replaced 220 pounds of carbon fiber with renewable materials such as three hatch doors made of flax, recycled plastic and bio-based resin.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Levee protection is supplemented by dams and bypasses as well as nonstructural measures, such as under the National Flood Insurance Program to limit and mitigate development on flood-prone land.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 1, 2019
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