Contexture

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of weaving or assembling parts into a whole.
  • n. An arrangement of interconnected parts; a structure.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A weaving together of parts.
  • n. A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts.
  • n. The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
  • n. The structural character of a thing.
  • n. Context
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A weaving or joining, or the state of being woven or joined together.
  • n. . The manner of interweaving several parts into one body; the disposition and union of the constituent parts of a thing with respect to one another; composition of parts; constitution; complication.
  • n. Context.
  • n. . In Scots law, a mode of industrial accession, arising when material, as wool or yarn, belonging to one person is woven into cloth belonging to another, and is carried therewith as accessory. In principle it is similar to constructure (which see).
  • Word Usage
    "With what additional force must the practice and pursuit of the foregoing evils operate on female constitutions, whose frame and contexture are so delicate and tenderin this age, it is easier to meet with a mad, than an healthy woman of fashion.14"
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    system    constitution    texture   
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