# Structure (disambiguation)

The structure of a thing is how the parts of it relate to each other, how it is "assembled".
Structure may also refer to:

## Architecture

* Architectural structure, a man-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy
** Building
** Nonbuilding structure
** Building (disambiguation)

## Engineering

* Structural engineering
* Structural analysis, the study of the strength and properties of structures

## Biology

* Canopy (biology) structure, organization or three-dimensional geometry of a plant canopy
* Community (ecology) structure, ecological organization of a biological community
* Structure (journal), a scientific journal describing protein structures
* Structure, a journal on form and function in modern biology

## Chemistry

* Chemical structure, the spatial arrangement of atoms and bonds in a molecule
** Protein structure
* The spatial arrangement of ions, atoms, or molecules in condensed matter
** Crystal structure
** Structure of liquids and glasses

## Mathematics

* Mathematical structure on a set, additional mathematical objects that in some manner attach to the set, making it easier to visualize or work with, or endowing the collection with meaning or significance
* Algebraic structure, the systems that are studied in universal algebra
* Structure (mathematical logic), the algebraic structures studied in model theory
* Structure constants, defining a Lie algebra or an algebra over a field
* Structuralism (philosophy of mathematics), a theory in the philosophy of mathematics that holds that mathematical theories describe structures of mathematical objects

## Social sciences and linguistics

* Structuralism, the theory that elements of human culture must be understood in terms of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure
* Structural linguistics, an approach to linguistics originating from the work of Ferdinand de Saussure, a part of the overall approach of structuralism
* Deep structure and surface structure, concepts in linguistics, specifically the study of syntax in the Chomskyan tradition
* Social structure, a pattern of social arrangements in society
* Structural functionalism, a theory of society as a system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
* Functional structuralism, a theory of society that deduces structure from function
* Structural anthropology, a theory of social structure in primitive societies, strongly associated with the work of Claude Lévi Strauss
* Biogenetic structuralism, a theory of anthropology grounded in neuroscience
* Structuration theory, a theory of social systems based in the analysis of both structure and agents
* Structure and agency, two confronted theories about human behaviour
* Base and superstructure, two parts of a Marxist analysis of society
* Structural Marxism, an approach to Marxism based on structuralism, associated with Louis Althusser
* Structuralism (architecture), a structuralist critique of architecture
* Structuralist film theory, a branch of film theory rooted in structuralism
* Post-structuralism, the theory that structuralism evolved into

## Literature

* Dramatic structure, the way dramatic works, such as plays or films, are organized
* Narrative structure, the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer

## Finance

* Financial structure, the area of finance dealing with monetary decisions that business enterprises make and the tools and analysis used to make these decisions
** Capital structure, the way a corporation finances its assets through a combination of equity, debt, or hybrid securities
** Structured finance, a sector of finance created to help provide increased liquidity or funding sources to markets

## Music

* Musical structure (disambiguation)
* Structure (Terri Lyne Carrington, Jimmy Haslip, Greg Osby, and Adam Rogers album), 2004
* Structure (Water from Your Eyes album), 2021
* Structures (John Abercrombie album), 2006
* Structures (Boulez), composition
* Structures (John Digweed album), 2010
* Structures (band), a Canadian metalcore band

## Other uses

* Structural art, examples of structural engineering that attain excellence in the three areas of efficiency, economy, and elegance
* Large-scale structure of the cosmos
* Structural geology, the three dimensional distribution of rock bodies and their planar or folded surfaces, and their internal fabrics
* Data structure, a way of storing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently
* The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a 1962 book by Thomas Kuhn on the history of science
* Structure, the former name for the Express Men clothing brand
* New Structure, a political party in Greece