structural feature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstructuralandfeature
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structural
adjective
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the way in which parts of a system or object ...
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feature
noun
uk/ˈfiː.tʃər/us/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofstructuralandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In contrast, containment is a counterthesis with a non-trivialstructuralfeature.
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It is both a cultural andstructuralfeatureof western societies.
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The most strikingstructuralfeatureis the short head with its strongly developed bristles.
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The improvisatorystructuralfeaturewhich most informs these compositions is that of unpredictability.
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More specifically, eachstructuralfeatureof a sentence was coded in terms of binary choices.
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When a system has a large number of integrals which it is desirable to preserve, it is better to see if they arise from somestructuralfeatureof the equation.
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The other sharedstructuralfeatureis rhyme.
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The reduced rate band, on the other hand, will remain as astructuralfeatureof the tax system.
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It will add 750,000 people to the ranks of the unemployed as a permanentstructuralfeatureof our economy.
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The fuselage cross-section, whose upper lobe was common to the 707 and 737, was the only majorstructuralfeatureto be retained from the 727.
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Because proteins share a commonstructuralfeatureknown as the polypeptide backbone, all proteins have the potential to misfold under some circumstances.
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The sulfamide functional group is an increasingly commonstructuralfeatureused in medicinal chemistry.
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The principalstructuralfeatureof the tax system is the tremendous elasticity of the individual income tax.
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It also had a newstructuralfeature: a fixed, rear vertical rudder, which the brothers hoped would eliminate turning problems.
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The bowstrings, arched hollow tubes which once carried the load but later only became guardrails, were the bridge's distinctivestructuralfeature.
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The most distinctivestructuralfeature, a corner bell turret, has been described as both outstanding and very naughty by architectural historians.
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The line clearly represents a majorstructuralfeatureof the planet, but its origin is uncertain.
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Rather, unemployment is a necessarystructuralfeatureof capitalism, intended to discipline the workforce.
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In this sense it is a common secondarystructuralfeaturefound in the music of a wide variety of composers.
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Its main advantage is that the real geometry and the structural features of the apparatus can be modeled.
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