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structure noun
1 structure A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts:— The structure consisted of a series of arches.
synonym: construction .
Roget 161 :
production ,
creation ,
construction ,
formation ,
fabrication ,
manufacture ;
building ,
architecture ,
erection ,
edification ;
coinage ;
diaster † ;
organization ;
nisus formativus [Lat.] ;
putting together
etc.
v.;
establishment ;
workmanship ,
performance ;
achievement
etc.
(completion)
729 .
flowering ,
fructification ;
inflorescence .
bringing forth
etc.
v.;
parturition ,
birth ,
birth-throe ,
childbirth ,
delivery ,
confinement ,
accouchement ,
travail ,
labor ,
midwifery ,
obstetrics ;
geniture † ;
gestation
etc.
(maturation)
673 ;
assimilation ;
evolution ,
development ,
growth ;
entelechy [Phil.] ;
fertilization ,
gemination ,
germination ,
heterogamy [Biol.] ,
genesis ,
generation ,
epigenesis † ,
procreation ,
progeneration † ,
propagation ;
fecundation ,
impregnation ;
albumen
etc.
357 .
spontaneous generation ;
archegenesis † ,
archebiosis † ;
biogenesis ,
abiogenesis † ,
digenesis † ,
dysmerogenesis † ,
eumerogenesis † ,
heterogenesis † ,
oogenesis ,
merogenesis † ,
metogenesis † ,
monogenesis † ,
parthenogenesis ,
homogenesis † ,
xenogenesis1 † ;
authorship ,
publication ;
works ,
opus ,
oeuvre .
biogeny † ,
dissogeny † ,
xenogeny † ;
tocogony † ,
vacuolization .
edifice ,
building ,
structure ,
fabric ,
erection ,
pile ,
tower ,
flower ,
fruit .
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Roget 240 :
form ,
figure ,
shape ;
conformation ,
configuration ;
make ,
formation ,
frame ,
construction ,
cut ,
set ,
build ,
trim ,
cut of one's jib ;
stamp ,
type ,
cast ,
mold ;
fashion ;
contour
etc.
(outline)
230 ;
structure
etc.
329 ;
plasmature † .
feature ,
lineament ,
turn ;
phase
etc.
(aspect)
448 ;
posture ,
attitude ,
pose .
[Science of form]
morphism .
[Similarity of form]
isomorphism .
forming
etc.
v.;
formation ,
figuration ,
efformation † ;
sculpture ;
plasmation † .
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Roget 329 :
structure
(form)
240 ,
organization ,
anatomy ,
frame ,
mold ,
fabric ,
construction ;
framework ,
carcass ,
architecture ;
stratification ,
cleavage .
substance ,
stuff ,
compages † ,
parenchyma [Biol.] ;
constitution ,
staple ,
organism .
[Science of structures]
organography † ,
osteology ,
myology ,
splanchnology † ,
neurology ,
angiography † ,
adeology † ;
angiography † ,
adenography † .
texture ,
surface texture ;
intertexture † ,
contexture † ;
tissue ,
grain ,
web ,
surface ;
warp and woof ,
warp and weft ;
tooth ,
nap
etc.
(roughness)
256 ;
flatness
(smoothness)
255 ;
fineness of grain ;
coarseness of grain ,
dry goods .
silk ,
satin ;
muslin ,
burlap .
[Science of textures]
histology .
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Roget 357 :
organized world ,
organized nature ;
living nature ,
animated nature ;
living beings ;
organic remains ,
fossils .
protoplasm ,
cytoplasm ,
protein ;
albumen ;
structure
etc.
329 ;
organization ,
organism .
[Science of living beings]
biology ;
natural history ,
organic chemistry ,
anatomy ,
physiology ;
zoology
etc.
368 ;
botany ;
microbiology ,
virology ,
bacteriology ,
mycology
etc.
369 ;
naturalist .
archegenesis
etc.
(production)
161 † ;
antherozoid † ,
bioplasm † ,
biotaxy † ,
chromosome ,
dysmeromorph † ;
ecology ,
oecology ;
erythroblast [Physio.] ,
gametangium † ,
gamete ,
germinal matter ,
invagination [Biol.] ;
isogamy † ,
oogamy † ;
karyaster † ;
macrogamete † ,
microgamete † ;
metabolism ,
anabolism ,
catabolism ;
metaplasm † ,
ontogeny ,
ovary ,
ovum ,
oxidation ,
phylogeny ,
polymorphism ,
protozoa ,
spermary † ,
spermatozoon ,
trophoplasm † ,
vacuole ,
vertebration † ,
zoogloea † ,
zygote .
Darwinism ,
neo-Darwinism ,
Lamarkism ,
neoLamarkism ,
Weismannism .
morphology ,
taxonomy .
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Dutch: bouwwerk
2 structure The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts.
Dutch: bouw, opbouw, samenstelling, structuur, textuur
3 structure The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations.
Polish: struktura, budowa
4 structure 5 structure The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships:— Sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family.
synonyms: social organisation , social organization , social structure , social system .
Dutch: sociaal systeem, sociale structuur, maatschappijvorm Polish: struktura społeczna
verb
1 structure
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