adj.
- Of, relating to, having, or characterized by structure: structural simplicity.
- Affecting structure: structural damage.
- Used in or necessary to building: structural beams.
- Concerned with or resulting from political or especially economic structure.
- Geology. Of or relating to the structure of rocks and other aspects of the earth's crust.
- Biology. Of or relating to organic structure; morphological.
- Relating to or concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study, such as linguistics or the behavioral sciences.
A part of a structure that bears a weight, or the structural piece used for such a part.
structurally struc'tur·al·ly adv.
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