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ARCHITECTURE
architecture
(noun) the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
architecture
(noun) an architectural product or work
architecture
(noun) the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; “architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
architecture (countable and uncountable, plural architectures)
The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
The profession of an architect.
Any particular style of building design.
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
A unifying structure.
(computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
The structure and design of a system or product.
Hyponyms
• enterprise architecture
• event-driven architecture
• formula architecture
• microarchitecture
• model-driven architecture
• quality-driven archictecture
• software architecture
• system architecture
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"chi*tec`ture, n. Etym: [L. architectura, fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See Architect.]
1. The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin.
3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship. The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees. Tyndall. The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture. Burnet. Military architecture, the art of fortifications.
– Naval architecture, the art of building ships.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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