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

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
  • STRUCTURE, a population clustering method and software package

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

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 mathematical structures studied in model 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

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)
  • Structure (Terri Lyne Carrington, Jimmy Haslip, Greg Osby, and Adam Rogers album), 2004
  • Structure (Water from Your Eyes album), 2021
  • Structures (John Abercrombie album), 2006
  • Structures (Boulez), composition
  • Structures (John Digweed album), 2010
  • Structures (band), a Canadian metalcore band

Other uses

  • Structural art, examples of structural engineering that attain excellence in the three areas of efficiency, economy, and elegance
  • Large-scale structure of the cosmos
  • Structural geology, the three dimensional distribution of rock bodies and their planar or folded surfaces, and their internal fabrics
  • Data structure, a way of storing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently
  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a 1962 book by Thomas Kuhn on the history of science
  • Structure, the former name for the Express Men clothing brand
  • New Structure, a political party in Greece

See also

  • Struct
  • Order (disambiguation)