Hypertext Webster Gateway: "structural"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Structural \Struc"tur*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a
structural error.
2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a
structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities
of an animal or a plant.
{Structural formula}. (Chem.) See {Rational formula}, under
{Formula}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: (geology) 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}]
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