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stricture (STRIK chuhr) (noun)
1. Restriction or a law or rule that limits or controls something: "The unexpected stricture on speed on this road really slows the traffic down."
"The local law has a stricture against the sale and possession of weapons."
2. A strong criticism: "They don't agree with her stricture, or strictures, on the state of contemporary theater."structure (STRUK chuhr) (noun)
1. Something that has been built or constructed: "When will the structure at the entrance of the museum be completed?"
"The sentence structure was complex and very interesting."
2. The specific arrangement of parts or particles of something: "In Fred's science class, he studied the molecular structure of the chemical elements."structure (STRUK chuhr) (verb)
To create or to form into a recognizable shape; for example, a building: "The workers undertook to structure the new barn after the old one burned down."
There is a new stricture regulating how tall a new structure can be. This new structure was subject to strong stricture in the press.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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structure (s), structures (pl) (noun forms)
1. Something which is large; such as, a building, a bridge, a framework, or other construction which is built from many different parts.
2. The way in which the parts of something are organized or arranged into a whole or the way in which the different parts of something link or work together, or the fact of being linked together.
3. A reference to the way the parts of a work of literature or art are organized.
4. An organization or system which is made up of many interrelated parts that work together or function as a whole.
2. The way in which the parts of something are organized or arranged into a whole or the way in which the different parts of something link or work together, or the fact of being linked together.
3. A reference to the way the parts of a work of literature or art are organized.
4. An organization or system which is made up of many interrelated parts that work together or function as a whole.
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
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(Latin: shape, structure, figure, outer appearance, composition, to compose; visual appearance; spacial arrangement; to develop or to acquire; to produce)
(Greek: ray [as of light] or like a ray in form; radiance, radiation; a radiating or tentacled structure)
(Greek: spider; the arachnoidea; when used in medicine this Greek element refers to a membrane, veins, or any web-like structure in the body)
(Latin: arcus, bow, a curved structure)
(Latin: a small box or chest; repository, case; enveloping or surrounding a structure)
(Greek: funnel; a combining form denoting a relationship to a funnel or to a funnel-like structure)
(Greek: nettle; a relationship to a nettle or nettle-like structure; nettle rash)
(Latin: fiber [an elongated, threadlike structure]; a combining form denoting a relationship to fibers)
(Greek > Modern Latin: throat, upper part of the windpipe; the vocal-chord area of the throat; the musculocartilaginous structure below the tongue root and hyoid bone and above the trachea)
(Greek meniskos > Latin meniscus: a crescent-shaped body, a curved structure, lunar crescent form, semilunar cartilage; diminutive of mene, "moon")
(Greek: thread, that which is spun; pertaining to a thread-like structure used in many scientific terms)
(Greek: an organized structure; pertaining to a specific bodily part with a specific function or set of functions; instrument, tool, implement)
(Latin: basin; basin-shaped structure of the body)
(Latin: branch, branches, or a forked structure; ramus (singular), rami (plural); a general term for a smaller structure given off by a larger one, or into which the larger structure; such as, a blood vessel or nerve, divides)
(Latin: net, small net; a netlike structure, a network)
(Latin: to build, to build up; to pile; to construct; to place together, to arrange)
(Greek: column; pillar; pillarlike implement or structure, especially the styloid process of the temporal bone)
(Latin: to weave, woven; to structure, to make)
(Latin: high structure)
(Latin: a doorlike structure in a passageway that hinders or prevents the reflux or flowing back of its contents)
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The constituting elements that characterize the atmosphere: An atmospheric structure includes wind direction and velocity, altitude, air density, and the velocity of sound.
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atmo-, atm- +
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sphero-, spher-, -sphere-
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
(page 1)
beta structure; pleated sheet (s) (noun); beta structures; pleated sheets
A type of secondary structure of proteins in which several parallel polypeptide chains are cross-linked by intermolecular hydrogen bonds, resulting in a flexible, strong arrangement.
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beta; B, β +
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
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1. The distribution of electrons in the material and the energies related to changes in this distribution.
2. An arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or solid, specified by their wave functions, energy levels, or quantum numbers.
3. The arrangement of the electron orbitals in an atom or molecule, often described in terms of he quantum numbers, energy levels, or wave-functions.
2. An arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or solid, specified by their wave functions, energy levels, or quantum numbers.
3. The arrangement of the electron orbitals in an atom or molecule, often described in terms of he quantum numbers, energy levels, or wave-functions.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
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The hexagonal close-packed structure for the epsilon phase of an electron compound.
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
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Involving a very big area and its contents or characteristics: Sky surveys and mappings of the various wavelength bands of electromagnetic radiation have yielded much information on the content and character of the universe's large-scale structure.
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larg-, largi-
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polyphase structure (s), polyphase structures (pl) (noun forms)
The structure of a material consisting of several phases (particular stages or aspects).
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phant-, phanta-, phas-; -phasic, -phant
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poly-
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
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The extent to which soil aggregates are developed, and their sizes and shapes: Soil structure comprises the grouping or order of soil elements in different combinations with various forms, sizes, and degrees of attachments to each other.
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soil- +
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
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(a glossary, or dictionary, of terms used in geology; the science of the earth including its origin, composition, structure, and history)
(the structure of organisms from the smallest components of cells to the biggest organs and their relationships to other organs especially of the human body)