Definitions for architectureˈɑr kɪˌtɛk tʃər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ar•chi•tec•tureˈɑr kɪˌtɛk tʃər(n.)
the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments.
Category: Architecture
the character or style of building:
Romanesque architecture.
Category: Architecture
the action or process of building; construction.
Category: Architecture
the result or product of architectural work.
Category: Architecture
buildings collectively.
Category: Architecture
the structure of something:
the architecture of a novel.
a fundamental underlying design of computer hardware, software, or both.
Category: Computers
Origin of architecture:
1555–65; (< MF) < L architectūra. See architect , -ure
Princeton's WordNet
architecture(noun)
an architectural product or work
architecture(noun)
the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
"architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
architecture(noun)
the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
computer architecture, architecture(noun)
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
"the architecture of a computer's system software"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
architecture(noun)ˈɑr kɪˌtɛk tʃər
a style of building
Flemish architecture
architectureˈɑr kɪˌtɛk tʃər
the study of building design
He's studying architecture.
Wiktionary
architecture(Noun)
The art and science of designing buildings and other structures.
The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.
architecture(Noun)
The profession of an architect.
architecture(Noun)
Any particular style of building design.
architecture(Noun)
A unifying structure.
architecture(Noun)
A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
The Intel architectures have more software written for them.
architecture(Noun)
The structure and design of a system or product.
Webster Dictionary
Architecture(noun)
the art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture
Architecture(noun)
construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
architecture
A framework or structure that portrays relationships among all the elements of the subject force, system, or activity.
Translations for architecture
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- argitektuurAfrikaans
- فَن العَمارَه، هَنْدَسَة البِناءArabic
- архитектураBulgarian
- arquiteturaPortuguese (BR)
- architekturaCzech
- die ArchitekturGerman
- arkitekturDanish
- αρχιτεκτονικήGreek
- arquitecturaSpanish
- arhitektuurEstonian
- معماریFarsi
- arkkitehtuuriFinnish
- architectureFrench
- אַדְרִיכָלוּתHebrew
- वास्तुकलाHindi
- arhitekturaCroatian
- építészetHungarian
- arsitekturIndonesian
- arkitektúr, byggingarlistIcelandic
- architetturaItalian
- 建築学Japanese
- 건축학Korean
- architektūraLithuanian
- arhitektūraLatvian
- seni binaMalay
- architectuurDutch
- arkitekturNorwegian
- architekturaPolish
- معماریPersian
- معماریPashto
- arquitecturaPortuguese
- arhitecturăRomanian
- архитектураRussian
- architektúraSlovak
- arhitekturaSlovenian
- arhitekturaSerbian
- arkitekturSwedish
- สถาปัตยกรรมThai
- mimarlıkTurkish
- 建築學Chinese (Trad.)
- архітектураUkrainian
- فن تعمیرUrdu
- công trình kiến trúcVietnamese
- 建筑学Chinese (Simp.)
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