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Meaning of 'structural' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Structural [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
- Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.

Meaning of 'structural' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . structural [ a]
Meaning (1):
- pertaining to geological structure
Example in sentence:
  • geomorphological features of the Black Hills;
  • morphological features of granite;
  • structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface
Meaning (2):
- relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
Example in sentence:
  • morphological differences
Meaning (3):
- relating to or having or characterized by structure
Example in sentence:
  • structural engineer;
  • structural errors;
  • structural simplicity
Meaning (4):
- relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
Example in sentence:
  • structural unemployment in a technological society
5 . structural [ s]
Meaning (5):
- affecting or involved in structure or construction
Example in sentence:
  • structural damage;
  • the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements

Nearby Words:

strabism strabismometer strabismus strabotomy straddle straddled straddling stradometrical straggle straggled

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