structural meaning and definition

STRUCTURAL adjective

Definition of 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"
4. concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
5. pertaining to geological structure
   • "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
6. relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
   • "morphological differences"
   • synonyms: morphologic, morphological