Structure vs. Machine

Structurenoun

A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

Structurenoun

The underlying shape of a solid.

Structurenoun

The overall form or organization of something.

Structurenoun

A set of rules defining behaviour.

Structurenoun

(computing)  Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

Structurenoun

  Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish

Structurenoun

A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.

Structurenoun

(logic)  A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Structureverb

(transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

Structurenoun

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

Structurenoun

Manner of building; form; make; construction.

Structurenoun

Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.

Structurenoun

Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.

Structurenoun

That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.

Structurenoun

a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity;

Structurenoun

the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts;

Structurenoun

the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations;

Structurenoun

a particular complex anatomical structure;

Structurenoun

the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships;

Structureverb

give a structure to;

Structurenoun

the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

Structurenoun

the quality of being organized

Structurenoun

a building or other object constructed from several parts

Structureverb

construct or arrange according to a plan; give a pattern or organization to

Structure

A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as biological organisms, minerals and chemicals.

Machinenoun

A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

Machinenoun

(dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

Machinenoun

An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

Machinenoun

(computing) A computer.

Machinenoun

(figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

Machinenoun

Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

Machinenoun

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

Machinenoun

The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

Machinenoun

Penis.

Machineverb

to make by machinery.

Machineverb

to shape or finish by machinery.

Machinenoun

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.

Machinenoun

Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.

Machinenoun

A person who acts mechanically or at the will of another.

Machinenoun

A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine.

Machinenoun

A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends; the Tammany machine.

Machinenoun

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

Machineverb

To subject to the action of machinery; to make, cut, shape, or modify with a machine; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.

Machinenoun

any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

Machinenoun

an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently;

Machinenoun

an efficient person;

Machinenoun

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

Machinenoun

a group that controls the activities of a political party;

Machinenoun

a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

Machineverb

turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

Machineverb

make by machinery;

Machine

A machine is any physical system with ordered structural and functional properties. It may represent human-made or naturally occurring device molecular machine that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action.