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struc·ture
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mouth
Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole. -
retinaculum
Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place. -
tensegrity
the property of skeleton structures that employ continuous tension members and discontinuous compression members in such a way that each member operates with the maximum efficiency and economy. -
transformation
the act or process of transforming. -
transformational rule
Linguistics. a rule of transformational grammar that relates two phrase markers in the course of a derivation from the deep to the surface syntactic representation of a sentence, as by reordering, inserting, or deleting elements; a rule that converts deep structures into surface structures. -
urban wind
a turbulent wind at street level around tall structures in a city, characterized by a warming of the air by the heat output from these structures.