Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Structural \Struc"tur*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a
structural error.
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2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a
structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities
of an animal or a plant.
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structural
adj 1: relating to or caused by structure, especially political or
economic structure; "structural unemployment in a
technological society"
2: relating to or having or characterized by structure;
"structural engineer"; "structural errors"; "structural
simplicity"
3: 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: concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of
study
5: 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" [syn: geomorphologic, geomorphological,
morphologic, morphological]
6: relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and
animals; "morphological differences" [syn: morphologic,
morphological]