What does structural mean?

Definitions for structural
ˈstrʌk tʃər əlstruc·tural

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. structuraladjective

    Of, relating to, or having structure

  2. structuraladjective

    Used in building.

  3. Etymology: 19th century;

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Contribution

  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

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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. Timothy Ash:

    There is a need for EMs to focus back on country fundamentals in my view. Get back to basics of prudent macro policy, and structural reform at the micro level ... It's about reducing vulnerabilities and reforming to make each country a good place to invest, at this stage (I'm) not sure what Turkey can really offer, given it does not really have a functioning government itself.

  2. Justin Fabo:

    China has huge potential to roil markets as the nation navigates a difficult structural transition, asian trade, traditionally a bellwether for global growth, is in recession.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will, and deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.

  4. Frederic Neumann:

    There are still lingering risks but the risks are probably manageable. Even though global growth is disappointing, businesses are more optimistic because they see moves towards structural reforms.

  5. Mohamed El-Erian:

    And its models haven't done a great job of predicting economic developments, and understandably so given all the structural changes here and abroad.

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