The pattern of the beats in a piece of music, which includes meter, tempo, and all other rhythmic aspects. / The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

(biochemistry) The general three-dimensional structure of a biopolymer such as DNA or a protein.

(telecommunications) A planned cabling system which systematically lays out the wiring and wire management necessary for communications, including voice, data, and video.

(physics) a closely spaced structure of lines in the spectrum of an atom or molecule due to nuclear isotopic effects and/or to nuclear spin

The sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe.

(programming) A structure used to affect the flow of a program.

A system of authoritative power in an institution. / Those who participate in such a system.

(finance) The way that a corporation finances its assets through some combination of equity, debt, and hybrid securities.

(geology) A structure left by a type of soft-sediment deformation in which sediment saturated with water flowed upward due to forces put on it from above.

plural of algebraic structure