construction

Signification

1. The process of constructing.
2. Anything that has been constructed.
3. The trade of building structures.
4. A building, model or some other structure.
5. A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
6. The manner in which something is built.
7. A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
9. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
10. A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/

Étymologie

From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.
Morphologically construct + -ion.

Phrases

The structure was of all-metal construction , which was then fabric-covered.

La structure était de construction entièrement métallique, qui était ensuite recouverte de tissu.

Cohomology arises from the algebraic dualization of the construction of homology .

La cohomologie résulte de la dualisation algébrique de la construction de l'homologie.