Structure

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The structure of a thing is how the parts of it relate to each other, how it is "put together". This contrasts with process, which is how the thing works; but process requires a viable structure.

Both reality and language have structure. One of the goals of general semantics, and of science, is to create and use language the structure of which accurately parallels the structure of reality.

Social sciences
* Social structure
* Political structure
* Structuralism
* Theory of structuration
* Hierarchy
* Structural violence
* Infrastructure
* Deep structure
* General semantics
Computer science
* Data model
* Refactoring
* Network architecture
Reality
* Consciousness
Mathematics
*Abstract structure
*Structure (mathematical logic)
*Mathematical structure
* Discrete space
Form
* Chemical structure
** Structural formula
* Architecture
** Hyperboloid structure
* Nonbuilding structure
* Tree structure
* Structural failure
* Tent
* Truss
* Dormer
* Musical form
Content
* Composition
* Text encoding
* Parser
People
* Alfred Korzybski
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Structure

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