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. pertaining to geological structure; geomorphological features of the Black Hills; morphological features of granite; structural effects of folding and faulting of the earths surface

    [ Syn: geomorphologic , geomorphological , morphologic , morphological ]

  4. relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals; morphological differences

    [ Syn: morphologic , morphological ]

  5. 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'

  6. concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study

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