Structure

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thumb|right|The mediaeval scala naturae as a staircase, implying the orthogenesis|possibility of progress: [[Ramon Llull's Ladder of Ascent and Descent of the Mind, 1305]]

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unique arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystalline liquid or solid

thumb|upright|The structure of a DNA molecule is essential to its function. A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Physical structures include artifacts and objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as biological organisms, minerals and chemicals. Abstract structures include data structures in computer science and musical form. Types of structure include a hierarchy (a cascade of one-to-many relationships), a network featuring many-to-many links, or a lattice featuring c

aggregate of patterned social arrangements in society

study of human behavior in organizational settings

formation of galaxies, galaxy clusters and larger structures from small early density fluctuations

A heterarchy is a system of organization where the elements of the organization are unranked (non-hierarchical) or where they possess the potential to be ranked a number of different ways. Definitions of the term vary among the disciplines: in social and information sciences, heterarchies are networks of elements in which each element shares the same "horizontal" position of power and authority, each playing a theoretically equal role. In biological taxonomy, however, the requisite features of heterarchy involve, for example, a species sharing, with a species in a different family, a common an

type of abstraction in science, mathematics, and philosophy