Structure
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From French ''structure'', from Latin ''structura'' (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from ''struere'', past participle ''structus'' (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare [[construct]], [[instruct]], [[destroy]], etc. | From French ''structure'', from Latin ''structura'' (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from ''struere'', past participle ''structus'' (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare [[construct]], [[instruct]], [[destroy]], etc. | ||
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+ | # to [[place]] one thing on [[top]] of another, to [[pile up]], [[join]] together | ||
+ | # I [[compose]], [[construct]], [[build]] | ||
+ | # I [[ready]], [[prepare]], [[devise]], [[contrive]] | ||
+ | # I [[place]], [[arrange]] | ||
+ | # to [[heap up]], [[load]] with | ||
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*[[Infrastructure]] | *[[Infrastructure]] | ||
*[[Obstruction]] | *[[Obstruction]] |
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Structure is a fundamental and sometimes intangible notion covering the recognition, observation, nature, and stability of patterns and relationships of entities. From a child's verbal description of a snowflake, to the detailed scientific analysis of the properties of botany, the concept of structure is an essential foundation of nearly every mode of inquiry and discovery in science, philosophy, and art.
A structure defines what a system is made of. It is a configuration of items. It is a collection of inter-related components or services. The structure may be a hierarchy (a cascade of one-to-many relationships) or a network featuring many-to-many relationships.
Etymology
From French structure, from Latin structura (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.
- to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
- I compose, construct, build
- I ready, prepare, devise, contrive
- I place, arrange
- to heap up, load with
See also
- Structuralism
- Structuralist film theory
- Structuring absence
- Building
- Nonbuilding structure
- Social structure
- The Tyranny of Structurelessness