structural
adjective
1. relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
- structural unemployment in a technological society
2. relating to or having or characterized by structure
- structural engineer
- structural errors
- structural simplicity
3. affecting or involved in structure or construction
- the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements
- structural damage
Similar word(s): functional
4. concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
Similar word(s): constructive
5. pertaining to geological structure
- structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface
Similar word(s): geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological
6. relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
Similar word(s): morphologic, morphological
noun
1. A component used in construction.