different between structure vs regularity

English

Etymology

From Middle French structure, from Latin struct?ra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st??kt??(?)/, [?st??kt??(?)]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?st??kt??/

Noun

structure (countable and uncountable, plural structures)

1. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

   Synonym: formation

2. The underlying shape of a solid.

   Synonym: formation

3. The overall form or organization of something.

   Synonyms: makeup, configuration; see also Thesaurus:composition

4. A set of rules defining behaviour.

5. (computing)  Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

6. (fishing, uncountable)  Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish

7. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.

8. (logic)  A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Derived terms

• antistructure

Translations

Verb

structure (third-person singular simple present structures, present participle structuring, simple past and past participle structured)

1. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

Translations

Related terms

• infrastructure
• macrostructure
• microstructure
• restructure
• structural
• structuralism
• structuralist
• structured
• substructure
• superstructure
• unstructured

Further reading

• structure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin structura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?yk.ty?/
• Rhymes: -y?
• Homophone: structures

Noun

structure f (plural structures)

1. structure

   Le plain-chant est la paraphrase aérienne et mouvante de l'immobile structure des cathédrales. (Huysmans, En route, 1895)

Synonyms

• agencement
• disposition
• ordre
• organisation

Antonyms

• anarchie
• chaos

Derived terms

• infrastructure
• structural
• structuralisme
• structuraliste
• structurant
• structuration
• structurer
  • déstructurer
  • restructurer
• structuration
• structure de données
• structurel
• structurellement
• substructure
• superstructure

References

• “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Participle

str?ct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of str?ct?rus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Late Latin regularitas, regularitatem, from regularis; see regular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????ju?læ??ti/

Noun

regularity (countable and uncountable, plural regularities)

1. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular

   I have been watching that show with regularity.
2. (countable) A particular regular occurrence

Antonyms

• irregularity

Related terms

• regular

Translations

Further reading

• regularity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regularity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.