constructure

plural constructures

1. That which is constructed or formed; an edifice or fabric.

   Thus, my working definition of a network and networking is "A network is a constructure of shared values, vision, and voice.

   2008, Marilyn H. Tobin, A Sociological Study of Women's Educational Networks in .India, page 151

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   Will Mr Godwin, or any other person, venture to maintain that all the buildings and constructures of every kind, and the apparatus of every manufactory , and all the stores of food , clothes, money, and materials, necessary and useful, or actually in use, in all the processes of production at present going on in Great Britain or anywhere else, have been produced by the labour of men at present in existence?

   1829, Samuel Read, Political Economy, page 122

   The contaminant entry into the building or any other constructure is assumed to equal that escaped from the soil where Jᵤₛ = Jₛₒᵢₗ

   2022, Yijun Yao, Qiang Chen, Vapor Intrusion Simulations and Risk Assessments, page 17

2. The form or structure of something; the way something is composed or put together.

   There is an interal limit of formalization because each language, in its very constructure, already entails an innumerable series of translations that transfer something into language that does not strictly speaking belong to language.

   2014, Steven Miller, War after Death: On Violence and Its Limits

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   The ceiling itself is of a very curious constructure: it is composed of strong pieces of wood in admirable preservation, which are keyed and fastened together in such a manner, that, on pressing the feet on the centre of the summit, the whole vibrates like a tight rope.

   1818, The Analectic Magazine - Volume 12, page 505

   Nor do we comprehend how such a feeling can be positive in man, whilst the soul is clogged and attached to matter by the component constructure of his nature; which, by such constructure, will occasionally intrude thoughts that are impure and unholy, —thoughts which the virtuous conquer in obedience to the will of God, and to which the vicious submit; their sun of reason being locally shrouded and eclipsed by the gross appetites of instinctive sense.

   1830, Theological Meditations, by a Sea Officer, etc, page 200

   In the section of buildings of first class constructure (massive walls and hard roof) the insurance amount increased 25.2 per cent. since 1875, and decreased in nearly the same proportion for the fourth class constructure (wooden walls and soft roof);

   1910, Commonwealth Shipping Committee, Report - Volume 99, page Page 8

3. The act of construction.

   After worshipping at the temple, Mr. Premadasa had a small gathering and donated a cheque for Rs. 20 lakhs in order to start the constructure of a new roof.

   2004, John C. Holt, The Buddhist Visnu, page 401

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   Students have to be taken to the village periodically to study the living conditions there and they can be engaged in constructure. This could include mending roads and streets, constructure of drainage canals etc.

   1991, K. Sivadasan Pillai, Relevance of Peace Education, page 85

   Preparation works' main contents are the constructure of project quality management organization, the quality information statistics and the development of quality management education works.

   2013, Cai-qing Zhang, Jin-cheng Zheng, Wen-jun Zhang, “Project Quality Management system and Maturity Evaluation of Electric Power Construction Company”, in S. K. Chen, T.R. Vijayaram, editor, 2013 International Conference on Advanced Education, page 132