#structure  the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"
  supertype:  description_medium (pm)  cognition
  subtype:  organisation__arrangement__organization__system  an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
     subtype:  classification_system  a system for classifying things
        subtype:  hierarchical_classification_system  a classification system where entries are arranged based on some hierarchical structure
        subtype:  rating_system__scoring_system__scoringsystem  a system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount
        subtype:  file_system__filing_system  a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically)
        subtype:  pigeonholing__grouping  a system for classifying things into groups
           subtype:  ABO_blood_group_system__ABO_system__ABO_group  a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O
     subtype:  contrivance.organisation  an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
     subtype:  coordinate_system__frame_of_reference__reference_system__referencesystem__reference_frame__referenceframe  a system that uses coordinates to establish position
        subtype:  inertial_reference_frame__inertial_frame  a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid
        subtype:  space-time_continuum__space-time__spacetime  the 4-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located
     subtype:  data_structure  the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)
        subtype:  hierarchical_structure__hierarchical_data_structure  a structure of data having several levels arranged in a tree-like structure
     subtype:  design.organisation__plan  an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"
        subtype:  layout.design  a plan or design of something that is laid out
        subtype:  trap.design__snare  something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
           subtype:  iron_trap  a trap from which there is no escape
           subtype:  speed_trap__speedtrap  a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders
        subtype:  hotel_plan__hotelplan__meal_plan  a plan and a room rate for providing meals to guests at a hotel
           subtype:  American_plan  a hotel plan that includes three meals daily
              subtype:  modified_American_plan  a hotel plan that includes breakfast and dinner (but not lunch)
           subtype:  Bermuda_plan  a hotel plan that provides a full breakfast daily
           subtype:  European_plan__continental_plan__continentalplan  a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
     subtype:  statistical_distribution__statisticaldistribution__distribution  an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
        subtype:  frequency_distribution__frequencydistribution  a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable
        subtype:  normal_distribution__Gaussian_distribution  a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance
        subtype:  Poisson_distribution  a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large
        subtype:  sample_distribution__sample  items selected from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
           subtype:  random_sample  a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected
           subtype:  stratified_sample__representative_sample__proportional_sample  the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum
        subtype:  binomial_distribution__Bernoulli_distribution  a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success
     subtype:  genetic_map__geneticmap  graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome
     subtype:  lattice  an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
        subtype:  space_lattice__spacelattice__crystal_lattice__crystallattice__Bravais_lattice  a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal
     subtype:  living_arrangement  an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to co-exist
     subtype:  calendar.organisation  a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
        subtype:  lunar_calendar__lunarcalendar  a calendar based on lunar cycles
           subtype:  Muhammadan_calendar__Mohammedan_calendar__Moslem_calendar__Muslim_calendar  the lunar calendar used by Moslems; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Moslem year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
           instance:  Roman_calendar
        subtype:  lunisolar_calendar__lunisolarcalendar  a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles
           subtype:  Jewish_calendar__Hebrew_calendar__hebrewcalendar  (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years
           subtype:  Hindu_calendar  the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years)
        subtype:  solar_calendar__solarcalendar  a calendar based on solar cycles
           subtype:  Gregorian_calendar__New_Style  the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 AD to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
              subtype:  church_calendar__ecclesiastical_calendar  a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
           subtype:  Julian_calendar__Old_Style  the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
           subtype:  Revolutionary_calendar  the calendar adopted by The French First Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792
  subtype:  configuration__constellation  an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"
     subtype:  unitization  the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
     subtype:  redundancy.configuration  (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails
  subtype:  form.structure__shape__pattern  a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
     subtype:  fractal  a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry
     subtype:  gestalt  a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
     subtype:  mosaic.form  a pattern resembling a mosaic
     subtype:  strand.form  a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"
  subtype:  syntax__sentence_structure__phrase_structure  the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
  subtype:  sound_structure__soundstructure__morphology__syllable_structure__word_structure  the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
     subtype:  affixation  the result of adding an affix to a root word

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