constructional
English edit
Etymology edit
construction + -al
Adjective edit
constructional (comparative more constructional, superlative most constructional)
- Of, pertaining to, or obtained by construction.
- 1862, Alexander Penrose Forbes, Sermons on the grace of God and other cognate subjects:
- What mortal conception of constructional power and grace can equal the gothic cathedral of the middle age, in which we see a proportion and a delicacy . . .
- 1869 The universal decorator
- No other constructional features projecting from the walls occur in any of these buildings, with the single exception of buttresses
- 1941 March, “Notes and News: Modernising a Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:
- To keep constructional costs to a minimum track formations were narrower than is now customary, many tunnels were unlined, timber was largely used for bridging, and 85 lb. per yd. rails were regarded as adequate.
- 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:
- The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools.
- 1961 October, ""Voyageur"", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598:
- After some quite speedy constructional work the line was opened to traffic on January 2, 1865.
References edit
- “constructional”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.