Definitions for structural
ˈstrʌk tʃər əlstruc·tural

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. structuraladjective

   relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure

   "structural unemployment in a technological society"

2. structuraladjective

   relating to or having or characterized by structure

   "structural engineer"; "structural errors"; "structural simplicity"

3. structuraladjective

   affecting or involved in structure or construction

   "the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements"; "structural damage"

4. structuraladjective

   concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study

5. geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structuraladjective

   pertaining to geological structure

   "geomorphological features of the Black Hills"; "morphological features of granite"; "structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface"

6. morphologic, morphological, structuraladjective

   relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals

   "morphological differences"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. structuraladjective

   Of, relating to, or having structure

2. structuraladjective

   Used in building.

3. Etymology: 19th century;

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. structural

   A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as biological organisms, minerals and chemicals. Abstract structures include data structures in computer science and musical form. Types of structure include a hierarchy (a cascade of one-to-many relationships), a network featuring many-to-many links, or a lattice featuring connections between components that are neighbors in space.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. structural

   Structural refers to relating to, forming, or affecting the structure or construction of something. It can be associated with the arrangement or system designed to support a particular part of something or the manner of its construction. For example, structural engineering is about the creation and design of buildings or bridges, ensuring they are strong and stable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Structuraladjective

   of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error

2. Structuraladjective

   of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. structural

   Relating to a structure.

   The structural effect is easy as it supports each joint.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 21, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'structural' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3551

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'structural' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4718

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'structural' in Adjectives Frequency: #479

How to pronounce structural?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of structural in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of structural in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of structural in a Sentence

1. Emily Heffter:

   [ We avoid ] homes that need major structural repairs, we just do freshening up : Landscaping, paint, flooring. Very occasionally we might do a roof ; we fix a lot of pools and air conditioners.

2. Rick Hutcheon:

   We've really taken a beating here in Toronto in the last little while, people are beginning to troll for stocks that appear to have some lasting long-term structural value, good management. ... At some stage, things fall to a point at which value starts to surface and we may be there.

3. Eric Marshall:

   We're focusing on the companies that regardless of the type of inflation - whether it's commodities or trade or something else - can pass on those costs because they have some sort of structural advantage.

4. Guy Houlsby:

   The original Darrieus turbine has blades that are parallel to the axis of rotation, and that means that the loads in the blades are carried entirely by bending of the blades. That results in very high stresses, the re-design that we've done changes the blades so that they form this triangulated structure, and that's a very stiff and very strong structural form. And that means that the loads in the blades are principally carried by axial forces and that means that the stresses are much lower.

5. Jonathan Leitch:

   Although Asian regional fuel oil demand is in structural decline, we forecast demand to be higher in the next quarter reflecting the lower absolute prices supporting purchases.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=structural
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Structural
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/structural