structure

The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.

He studied the structure of her face.

Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.

This structure contains both date and timezone information.

There's lots of structure to be fished along the west shore of the lake; the impoundment submerged a town there when it was built.

The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.