Noun
1. a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity;
"the structure consisted of a series of arches""she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"2. the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts;
"artists must study the structure of the human body""the structure of the benzene molecule"3. the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations;
"his lectures have no structure"4. a particular complex anatomical structure;
"he has good bone structure"5. the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships;
"the social organization of England and America is very different""sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"