Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
STRUCTURE
structure, construction
(noun) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; “the structure consisted of a series of arches”; “she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons”
structure
(noun) the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; “artists must study the structure of the human body”; “the structure of the benzene molecule”
structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
(noun) a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement; “he has good bone structure”
structure
(noun) the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; “his lectures have no structure”
structure
(verb) give a structure to; “I need to structure my days”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
structure (countable and uncountable, plural structures)
A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
Synonym: formation
The underlying shape of a solid.
Synonym: formation
The overall form or organization of something.
Synonyms: makeup, configuration, Thesaurus:composition
A set of rules defining behaviour.
(computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
(fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
(logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
Verb
structure (third-person singular simple present structures, present participle structuring, simple past and past participle structured)
(transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.
Source: Wiktionary
Struc"ture, n. Etym: [L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. Construe, Destroy, Instrument, Obstruct.]
1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction. [R.] His son builds on, and never is content Till the last farthing is in structure spent. J. Dryden, Jr.
2. Manner of building; form; make; construction. Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe. Woodward.
3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence. It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. Dana.
4. (Biol.)
Definition: Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.
5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice. There stands a structure of majestic frame. Pope. Columnar structure. See under Columnar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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