structure
in biology:
1. mode of organization; construction and arrangement of tissues, parts, or organs.
2. morphology; form.
3. the arrangement or formation of the tissues, organs, or other parts of an organism.
4. a tissue, an organ, or other formation made up of different but related parts.
in geology:
1. the attitude of a bed or stratum or of beds or strata of sedimentary rocks, as indicated by the dip and strike.
2. the coarser composition of a rock, as contrasted with its texture.
3. the way in which a mineral, rock, rock mass or stratum, etc, is made up of its component parts.
in chemistry:
1. the manner in which atoms in a molecule are joined to each other, especially in organic chemistry where molecular arrangement is represented by a diagram or model.
2. the arrangement of atoms in a molecule of a chemical compound:
the structure of benzene.
in sociology:
1. the system or complex of beliefs held by members of a social group.
2. the system of relations between the constituent groups of a society.
3. the relationship between or the interrelated arrangement of the social institutions of a society or culture, as of mores, marriage customs, or family.
4. the pattern of relationships, as of status or friendship, existing among the members of a group or society.
rare:
the act of constructing.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin structūra, equivalent to struct(us) (past participle of struere to put together) + -ūra -ure. C15: from Latin structūra, from struere to build. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of structure: Noun: 1560. Verb: 1664. History and Etymology for structure: Noun: Middle English, from Latin structura, from structus, past participle of struere to heap up, build — more at strew. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 1 July 2020 {11:04 AM}
1. mode of organization; construction and arrangement of tissues, parts, or organs.
2. morphology; form.
3. the arrangement or formation of the tissues, organs, or other parts of an organism.
4. a tissue, an organ, or other formation made up of different but related parts.
in geology:
1. the attitude of a bed or stratum or of beds or strata of sedimentary rocks, as indicated by the dip and strike.
2. the coarser composition of a rock, as contrasted with its texture.
3. the way in which a mineral, rock, rock mass or stratum, etc, is made up of its component parts.
in chemistry:
1. the manner in which atoms in a molecule are joined to each other, especially in organic chemistry where molecular arrangement is represented by a diagram or model.
2. the arrangement of atoms in a molecule of a chemical compound:
the structure of benzene.
in sociology:
1. the system or complex of beliefs held by members of a social group.
2. the system of relations between the constituent groups of a society.
3. the relationship between or the interrelated arrangement of the social institutions of a society or culture, as of mores, marriage customs, or family.
4. the pattern of relationships, as of status or friendship, existing among the members of a group or society.
rare:
the act of constructing.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin structūra, equivalent to struct(us) (past participle of struere to put together) + -ūra -ure. C15: from Latin structūra, from struere to build. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of structure: Noun: 1560. Verb: 1664. History and Etymology for structure: Noun: Middle English, from Latin structura, from structus, past participle of struere to heap up, build — more at strew. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 1 July 2020 {11:04 AM}