structure

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For the structure is therein marked not at the Punta Campanella but, approximately, at Ierate itself, facing south, with the road from Stabiae over Surrentum rounding the promontory and terminating at the temple's threshold.

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  1. noun Something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a particular way: hierarchical social structure.
  2. noun The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole; makeup: triangular in structure.
  3. noun The interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity: political structure; plot structure.
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  • This structure was acquired by William E. Mitchell in 1927, substantially revamped, and is remembered by older citizens as the Mitchell Hotel.
  • This structure is also designed to provide unprecedented thermal stability performance at temperatures colder than -400 deg F (-240 deg C). —  Spaceflight Now
  • Under current law, this structure is as a taxable non-profit organization that allows individual donors to give anonymously to shared causes. —  Latest Articles
  • As long as the structure is aligned with the business model and how the company can win the market, it can work.
  • Floyd County Sheriff Paul Raissez told KCBD-TV that the structure is a total loss and arson has not been ruled out. —  WFAA.com Latest News
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  1. Middle English, the process of building, from Latin strūctūra, from strūctus, past participle of struere, to construct; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French structure = Spanish Portuguese estructura = Italian struttura, from Latin structura, a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure, from struere, past participle structus, pile up, arrange, assemble, build. Cf. construct, instruct, destroy, etc.
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