In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
STRUCTURAL
structural
(adjective) concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
structural
(adjective) affecting or involved in structure or construction; “the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements”; “structural damage”
structural
(adjective) relating to or having or characterized by structure; “structural engineer”; “structural errors”; “structural simplicity”
structural
(adjective) relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure; “structural unemployment in a technological society”
morphologic, morphological, structural
(adjective) relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals; “morphological differences”
geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural
(adjective) pertaining to geological structure; “geomorphological features of the Black Hills”; “morphological features of granite”; “structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth’s surface”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
structural (not comparable)
Of, relating to, or having structure.
Involving the mechanics of construction.
Noun
structural (plural structurals)
Structural steel, used in construction.
Source: Wiktionary
Struc"tur*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant. Structural formula. (Chem.) See Rational formula, under Formula. empirical formula.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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