Meanings
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1
adj
Relating to the way something is built or the parts that hold it together.
The old house had serious structural problems in its walls and roof.
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2
adj
Relating to the basic organization or framework of a system, especially a political or economic one.
The country faces deep structural problems in its economy.
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Derived forms
aerostructuralantistructuralbiostructuralcytostructuralechostructuralextrastructuralgeostructuralheterostructuralhistostructuralhyperstructuralinterstructuralintrastructural
Etymology
From structure + -al, 19th century.