Definitions for structural
ˈstrʌk tʃər əlstruc·tural

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. structural(adj)

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

   "structural unemployment in a technological society"

2. structural(adj)

   relating to or having or characterized by structure

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

3. structural(adj)

   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. structural(adj)

   concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study

5. geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural(adj)

   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, structural(adj)

   relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals

   "morphological differences"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. structural(Adjective)

   Of, relating to, or having structure

   Etymology: 19th century;

2. structural(Adjective)

   Used in building.

   Etymology: 19th century;

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Structural(adj)

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

2. Structural(adj)

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

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. structural

   Relating to a structure.

   The structural effect is easy as it supports each joint.

   Submitted by MaryC on June 21, 2020  

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?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Eric Schoenstein:

   It was a fairly attractive emerging market for them. It still can be but they have some structural issues to work out in the country. It remains to be seen how that plays out.

2. Markus Schneider:

   One of the things that has helped emerging markets was the synchronised improvement in global growth - you had both developed markets growth and emerging markets growth - and that is being challenged by concerns about global trade wars, we could see a structural break in how some of the most important allies, i.e. Europe and the U.S., trade with each other, and that's not positive for some of the major emerging markets.

3. Pope Francis:

   Markets and financial speculation cannot enjoy absolute autonomy, we cannot wait any longer to resolve the structural causes of poverty in order to cure our society of an illness that can only lead to new crises.

4. Deputy Finance Minister Maxim Oreshkin:

   This price approximately corresponds to the long-term average price and over 10-15 years it shouldn't change, these are the levels which we now think of as certain structural levels over a long-term period.

5. 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.

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