English noun: architecture |
1. | architecture (artifact) an architectural product or work |
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| Broader (hypernym) | building, edifice |
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| Domain category | architecture |
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2. | architecture (cognition) the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings |
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| Samples | Architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use.
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| Broader (hypernym) | bailiwick, beaux arts, discipline, field, field of study, fine arts, study, subject, subject area, subject field |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning |
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| Part holonym | architectonics, tectonics |
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| Domain category members | arced, arch, arched, arching, architectural ornament, architecture, arciform, arcuate, art form, astylar, attached, attic, bowed, build, column, columniation, conge, congee, corbel, corbel, corbel arch, corbel step, corbie gable, corbie-step, corbiestep, corner, cornice, crow step, detached, drip, drip mold, drip mould, engaged, entablature, fenestration, foliage, foliate, foliated, foliation, hip, modillion, order, pier, pillar, pinnacle, quoin, scape, shaft, spandrel, spandril, term, terminal figure, terminus, trabeate, trabeated, truss, vaulting |
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3. | architecture (act) the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect |
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| Broader (hypernym) | profession |
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| Domain category members | air-condition, air-cool, cantilever, crenel, crenelate, crenellate, gate, machicolate, rafter, rail, ramp, reseat, sanitate, seat, step, terrace, terrasse |
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4. | architecture (attribute) (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software |
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| Samples | The architecture of a computer's system software.
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| Synonyms | computer architecture |
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| Broader (hypernym) | structure |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | CISC, complex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing, reduced instruction set computer, reduced instruction set computing, RISC |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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