Dictionary  struc•tur•alPronunciation: (struk'chur-ul), [key] —adj. 1. of or pertaining to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure. 2. Biol.pertaining to organic structure; morphological. 3. Geol.of or pertaining to geological structure, as of rock or strata. 4. Chem.pertaining to or showing the arrangement or mode of attachment of the atoms that constitute a molecule of a substance. Cf. structural formula. 5. resulting from or pertaining to political or economic structure. 6. of, pertaining to, or based on the assumption that the elements of a field of study are naturally arranged in a systematic structure: structural grammar. —n. Building Trades. a. a part of a structure that carries a load. b. the structural member used for such a part. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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