Struc"ture (?), n. [L. structura,
from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct;
perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf.
Construe, Destroy, Instrument, Obstruct.]
1. The act of building; the practice of erecting
buildings; construction. [R.]
His son builds on, and never is content
Till the last farthing is in structure spent.
J. Dryden, Jr.
2. Manner of building; form; make;
construction.
Want of insight into the structure and
constitution of the terraqueous globe.
Woodward.
3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of
constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the
structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a
sentence.
It [basalt] has often a prismatic
structure.
Dana.
4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the
arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable
organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of
animals and plants; cellular structure.
5. That which is built; a building; esp., a
building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
There stands a structure of majestic
frame.
Pope.
Columnar structure. See under
Columnar.
Struc"ture (?), n. [L. structura,
from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct;
perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf.
Construe, Destroy, Instrument, Obstruct.]
1. The act of building; the practice of erecting
buildings; construction. [R.]
His son builds on, and never is content
Till the last farthing is in structure spent.
J. Dryden, Jr.
2. Manner of building; form; make;
construction.
Want of insight into the structure and
constitution of the terraqueous globe.
Woodward.
3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of
constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the
structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a
sentence.
It [basalt] has often a prismatic
structure.
Dana.
4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the
arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable
organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of
animals and plants; cellular structure.
5. That which is built; a building; esp., a
building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
There stands a structure of majestic
frame.
Pope.
Columnar structure. See under
Columnar.
