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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1801}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈstɹʌk(t͡)ʃəɹəl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[structure]] and [[-al]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Relating to organizing and putting together physically: 1821 in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) MWU dates it to 1801.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of the structure of a building, by 1845 in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) the OED has the art of building from 1867 and the structure of a building as distinct from its decoration from 1877.^(OED 1989) Of organic structure in biology and medicine it is from 1845, and in geology from 1855.^(OED 1989) The arrangement and relation of the parts of any whole is from 1870.^(OED 1989) Special senses in psychology and the social sciences are by 1884, in William James.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1801 – first use (MWU).^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1821 – of putting together.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1845 – in biology.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1855 – in geology.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1884 – in psychology.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to the [[structure]] of something, especially a building.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Forming part of a structure and bearing weight: ''a structural wall''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Relating to the way the parts of a system are organized.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[structurally]]

+ * [[unstructural]]

+ * [[isostructural]]

+ * [[nonstructural]]

+ * [[structuralism]]

+ * [[structuralize]]

+ * [[structural anthropology]]

+ * [[structural formula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[structure]]

+ * [[construct]]

+ * [[instruct]]

+ * [[destroy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}