Structure (disambiguation)

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The structure of a thing is how the parts of it relate to each other, how it is "assembled".

Structure may also refer to:

Architecture

• Architectural structure, a man-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy
  • Building
  • Nonbuilding structure
  • Building (disambiguation)

Engineering

• Structural engineering
• Structural analysis, the study of the strength and properties of structures

Art

• Structural art, examples of structural engineering that attain excellence in the three areas of efficiency, economy, and elegance

Biology

• Canopy (biology) structure, organization or three-dimensional geometry of a plant canopy
• Community (ecology) structure, ecological organization of a biological community
• Structure (journal), a scientific journal describing protein structures
• Structure, a journal on form and function in modern biology

Chemistry

• Chemical structure, the spatial arrangement of atoms and bonds in a molecule
  • Protein structure
• The spatial arrangement of ions, atoms, or molecules in condensed matter
  • Crystal structure
  • Structure of liquids and glasses

Physics

• Large-scale structure of the cosmos

Geology

• Structural geology, the three dimensional distribution of rock bodies and their planar or folded surfaces, and their internal fabrics

Computer science

• Data structure, a way of storing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently

Mathematics

• Mathematical structure on a set, additional mathematical objects that in some manner attach to the set, making it easier to visualize or work with, or endowing the collection with meaning or significance
• Algebraic structure, the systems that are studied in universal algebra
• Structure (mathematical logic), the algebraic structures studied in model theory
• Structure (category theory)
• Structure constants, defining a Lie algebra or an algebra over a field
• Structuralism (philosophy of mathematics), a theory in the philosophy of mathematics that holds that mathematical theories describe structures of mathematical objects

Social sciences and linguistics

• Structuralism, the theory that elements of human culture must be understood in terms of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure
• Structural linguistics, an approach to linguistics originating from the work of Ferdinand de Saussure, a part of the overall approach of structuralism
• Deep structure and surface structure, concepts in linguistics, specifically the study of syntax in the Chomskyan tradition
• Social structure, a pattern of social arrangements in society
• Structural functionalism, a theory of society as a system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
• Functional structuralism, a theory of society that deduces structure from function
• Structural anthropology, a theory of social structure in primitive societies, strongly associated with the work of Claude Lévi Strauss
• Biogenetic structuralism, a theory of anthropology grounded in neuroscience
• Structuration theory, a theory of social systems based in the analysis of both structure and agents
• Structure and agency, two confronted theories about human behaviour
• Base and superstructure, two parts of a Marxist analysis of society
• Structural Marxism, an approach to Marxism based on structuralism, associated with Louis Althusser
• Structuralism (architecture), a structuralist critique of architecture
• Structuralist film theory, a branch of film theory rooted in structuralism
• Post-structuralism, the theory that structuralism evolved into

Philosophy

• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a 1962 book by Thomas Kuhn on the history of science

Literature

• Dramatic structure, the way dramatic works, such as plays or films, are organized
• Narrative structure, the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer

Finance

• Financial structure, the area of finance dealing with monetary decisions that business enterprises make and the tools and analysis used to make these decisions
  • Capital structure, the way a corporation finances its assets through a combination of equity, debt, or hybrid securities
  • Structured finance, a sector of finance created to help provide increased liquidity or funding sources to markets

Music

• Musical structure (disambiguation)
• Structures (John Abercrombie album), a 2006 album by guitarist John Abercrombie
• Structures (Boulez), composition
• Structures (album), by John Digweed
• Structures from Silence, a 1984 album by Steve Roach
• Structures of Death, a 2007 album by Fleshcrawl
• Structures, a Canadian deathcore band

Other uses

• Structure, the former name for the Express Men clothing brand

See also

• Struct
• Order (disambiguation)
• All pages with a title containing Structure