#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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