English adjective: structural | |||
| 1. | structural relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure | ||
| Samples | Structural unemployment in a technological society. | ||
| 2. | structural relating to or having or characterized by structure | ||
| Samples | Structural engineer. Structural errors. Structural simplicity. | ||
| 3. | structural affecting or involved in structure or construction | ||
| Samples | The structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements. Structural damage. | ||
| Similar | functional | ||
| Antonyms | nonfunctional | ||
| 4. | structural concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study | ||
| Similar | constructive | ||
| Antonyms | destructive | ||
| 5. | structural pertaining to geological structure | ||
| Samples | Geomorphological features of the Black Hills. Morphological features of granite. Structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface. | ||
| Synonyms | geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological | ||
| Domain category | geology | ||
| 6. | structural relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals | ||
| Samples | Morphological differences. | ||
| Synonyms | morphologic, morphological | ||