英和和英

形容詞

structural (comparative more structural, superlative most structural)

1. Of, relating to, or having structure.
   • 1814, Thomas Young, “An Introduction to Medical Literature, including a System of practical Nosology”, in The Monthly Review, page 185:

     Class 1. consists of nervous diseases, such as depend on the nervous and muscular systems; the second, of sanguine diseases, such as depend on the sanguiferous system; the third, of secretory diseases, or such as are connected with the state of the secretions; and the fourth, of structural diseases, or those that are connected with the nutritive powers.

2. Involving the mechanics of construction.
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) That is lasting. economics

派生語

名詞

structural (複数形 structurals)

1. Structural steel, used in construction.
   • 1982, United States International Trade Commission, Certain carbon steel products from Spain (page A-49)

     Freight differentials often increased the spread in favor of the imported structurals. Purchasers repeatedly emphasized that their purchases of imported structurals were split among a number of sources, including Spain, France, West Germany, […]

Further reading

• "structural" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 301.