n. [ L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. Construe, Destroy, Instrument, Obstruct. ] 1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] His son builds on, and never is content
Till the last farthing is in structure spent. J. Dryden, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Manner of building; form; make; construction. [ 1913 Webster ] Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence. [ 1913 Webster ] It [ basalt ] has often a prismatic structure. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice. [ 1913 Webster ] There stands a structure of majestic frame. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Columnar structure. See under Columnar. [ 1913 Webster ]
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