structural
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
19th century; structure + -al
AdjectiveEdit
structural (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or having structure.
- 1814, Thomas Young, “An Introduction to Medical Literature, including a System of practical Nosology”, in The Monthly Review, page 185:
- Class 1. consists of nervous diseases, such as depend on the nervous and muscular systems; the second, of sanguine diseases, such as depend on the sanguiferous system; the third, of secretory diseases, or such as are connected with the state of the secretions; and the fourth, of structural diseases, or those that are connected with the nutritive powers.
- Involving the mechanics of construction.
- That is lasting. economics
Derived termsEdit
- aerostructural
- antistructural
- cytostructural
- geostructural
- heterostructural
- hyperstructural
- isostructural
- lithostructural
- macrostructural
- magnetostructural
- metastructural
- microstructural
- nanostructural
- neostructural
- neurostructural
- nonstructural
- poststructural
- sociostructural
- stereostructural
- structural anthropology
- structural biology
- structural deficit
- structural failure
- structural formula
- structural integrity
- structuralise
- structuralism
- structural isomer
- structural isomerism
- structuralist
- structuralistic
- structurality
- structuralization
- structuralize
- structurally
- structural pattern
- structural polysaccharide
- structural research
- structural unemployment
- technostructural
- unistructural
TranslationsEdit
of, relating to, or having structure
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used in building
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NounEdit
structural (plural structurals)
- Structural steel, used in construction.
- 1982, United States International Trade Commission, Certain carbon steel products from Spain (page A-49)
- Freight differentials often increased the spread in favor of the imported structurals. Purchasers repeatedly emphasized that their purchases of imported structurals were split among a number of sources, including Spain, France, West Germany, […]
- 1982, United States International Trade Commission, Certain carbon steel products from Spain (page A-49)
Further readingEdit
- "structural" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 301.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
structural (feminine structurale, masculine plural structuraux, feminine plural structurales)
Further readingEdit
- “structural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French structural.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
structural m or n (feminine singular structurală, masculine plural structurali, feminine and neuter plural structurale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of structural
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nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | structural | structurală | structurali | structurali | ||
definite | structuralul | structurala | structuralii | structuralile | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | structural | structurali | structurali | structurali | ||
definite | structuralului | structuralii | structuralilor | structuralilor |