structural

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

19th century; structure +‎ -al

AdjectiveEdit

structural (not comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. Involving the mechanics of construction.
  3. That is lasting. economics

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NounEdit

structural (plural structurals)

  1. 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, []

Further readingEdit

  • "structural" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 301.

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

AdjectiveEdit

structural (feminine structurale, masculine plural structuraux, feminine plural structurales)

  1. structural

Further readingEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French structural.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

structural m or n (feminine singular structurală, masculine plural structurali, feminine and neuter plural structurale)

  1. structural

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