structural

[ struhk-cher-uhl ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to structure; relating or essential to a structure.

  2. resulting from or relating to political or economic structure: structural reforms to the social safety net;structural inequalities;structural racism.

  1. Biology. relating to organic structure; morphological.

  2. Geology. of or relating to geological structure, as of rock or strata.

  3. Chemistry. relating to or showing the arrangement or mode of attachment of the atoms that constitute a molecule of a substance.: Compare structural formula.

  4. of, relating to, or based on the assumption that the elements of a field of study are naturally arranged in a systematic structure: structural grammar.

noun
  1. Building Trades.

    • a part of a structure that carries a load.

    • the structural member used for such a part.

Origin of structural

1
First recorded in 1825–35; structure + -al1

Other words from structural

  • struc·tur·al·ly, adverb
  • non·struc·tur·al, adjective
  • non·struc·tur·al·ly, adverb
  • un·struc·tur·al, adjective
  • un·struc·tur·al·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for structural

structural

/ (ˈstrʌktʃərəl) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or having structure or a structure

  2. of, relating to, or forming part of the structure of a building

  1. of or relating to the structure and deformation of rocks and other features of the earth's crust

  2. of or relating to the structure of organisms; morphological

  3. chem of, concerned with, caused by, or involving the arrangement of atoms in molecules

Derived forms of structural

  • structurally, adverb

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