structural principles

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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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principle
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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The self-supporting lamella and lightweight weather-boarded gables demonstrate thestructuralprinciplemore effectively than drawings or photographs.
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This revealed with complete clarity the structural principles of cantilevered stairs.
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Ethnicity has endured for a long time, and it has its own integrity, structural principles, transformative processes and histories.
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Dealing with iron : common structural principles in proteins that transport iron and heme.
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Sometimes operation of the structural principles that govern the ordinary and "automatic" cognitive construction of these core domains are pointedly interrupted or violated, as in poetry and religion.
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These songs exhibit different structural principles.
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Structural principles in the acquisition of complex sentences.
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The vascular topographical geometry in the retina is known to conform to structural principles that are related to certain physical properties.
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To acquire an understanding of the determinants of built environment; such as social imperatives, environmental concerns, structural principles and the art of designing buildings.
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Tarverdyan has studied architectonical, anatomy-morphological structural principles of stems identifying several patterns that had not previously been observed.
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Furthermore, both set of categories are organized according to a series of structural principles derived from the doctrine of language as a structure of differences and similarities.
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