Structure
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- | [[Image:Drawing by Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728 - 1799) .jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Cenotaph for Newton]]'' ([[1784]]) by French architect [[Étienne-Louis Boullée]]]] | + | [[Image:Drawing by Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728 - 1799) .jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Cenotaph for Newton]]'' (1784) by Étienne-Louis Boullée]] |
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"But uh...shouldn't there be some kind of [[structure]]?" --"[[Ciquri]]" by [[Material (band)|Material]] | "But uh...shouldn't there be some kind of [[structure]]?" --"[[Ciquri]]" by [[Material (band)|Material]] | ||
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- | [[Image:Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho).jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Trylon and Perisphere]], two [[Modernist architecture|modernistic structures]] at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair of 1939-1940]]<br> | + | [[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Theatrum Orbi]]'' engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry]] |
- | <small>Photo: [[Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho)]]</small>]] | + | [[Image:Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho).jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Trylon and Perisphere]]]] |
- | [[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Ars Memoriae]]'': The [[Theatre]] ([[1619]]) - [[Robert Fludd]]]] | + | |
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'''Structure''' is a fundamental and sometimes [[intangible]] notion covering the [[recognition]], [[observation]], [[nature (philosophy)|nature]], and [[stability]] of [[pattern]]s and [[relationship]]s of [[entities]]. From a child's [[verbal description]] of a [[Snow|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]]. | '''Structure''' is a fundamental and sometimes [[intangible]] notion covering the [[recognition]], [[observation]], [[nature (philosophy)|nature]], and [[stability]] of [[pattern]]s and [[relationship]]s of [[entities]]. From a child's [[verbal description]] of a [[Snow|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]]. | ||
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==Etymology== | ==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. | 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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- | *[[Infrastructure]] | + | # to [[place]] one thing on [[top]] of another, to [[pile up]], [[join]] together |
- | *[[Obstruction]] | + | # I [[compose]], [[construct]], [[build]] |
- | * [[Destruction]] | + | # I [[ready]], [[prepare]], [[devise]], [[contrive]] |
- | * [[Instruct]] | + | # I [[place]], [[arrange]] |
- | * [[Construct]] | + | # to [[heap up]], [[load]] with |
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+ | Also found in [[infrastructure]], [[obstruction]], [[destruction]], [[instruct]], [[construct]] | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[Social structure]] | * [[Social structure]] | ||
* [[The Tyranny of Structurelessness]] | * [[The Tyranny of Structurelessness]] | ||
+ | * [[Structures built by animals]] | ||
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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
Also found in infrastructure, obstruction, destruction, instruct, construct
See also
- Structuralism
- Structuralist film theory
- Structuring absence
- Building
- Nonbuilding structure
- Social structure
- The Tyranny of Structurelessness
- Structures built by animals