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construction

construction

7 6.6
A drawing made to meet certain rules in geometry
  • noun
  • /kənˈstrʌkʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : construcción
  • In geometry class, the teacher demonstrated how to create a precise construction using only a compass and a straightedge.
  • the construction in Figure

In a metaverse, even all metaverses are built on right triangle constructions.

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Examples

  • We begin the description of the cut-based attack with the construction of the subgraph H.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So if we have a proper construction, the hope is that we can draw a square here.

  • This is a proof method where you actually do some type of construction within the proof.

  • This is a proof by contradiction showing that our construction must be wrong.

  • There is a need for multipredator-multiprey models, but their construction may not be an easy task.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The Logan et al. Scale and Smith et al. Scale ask for appropriate construction of the visual analysis graph.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Although such conclusions are heartening, our understanding of test construction has also improved in recent years.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Its sections indicate the directions of this research: definitions and demonstrations, construction, function, history, design, and intention.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Avoiding decoherence of this sort is what makes the construction of quantum computers a tremendous technological challenge.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Intermediate summarization S requires the construction of a set of descriptive statistics for each database attribute.

    Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

design
vsconstruction
942 2.8

A plan or drawing that shows how something will look and work

is a precise mathematical drawing made to meet exact problem or proof conditions

Compounds

A person who builds and fixes buildings, roads and other large structures at work sites

Not finished because people are building it

Work planned to build or fix buildings and roads

Part of the economy that builds houses or office buildings

Thick colored paper used by children for art and crafts

Work to make or repair roads, like paving and preparing the ground

4.0

A group of words in a sentence that work together to show one idea

How Complex

complex contraption
  • Informal
8.1
construction
  • Specialized
7 6.6

Surface Forms

construction singular
constructions plural

Morphology

construction = construct (transparent) = construct + ion

This geometric sense names the act/result of 'constructing' a figure, a domain-specific application of the basic nominalization.

Etymology

Construction comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and struere 'to pile up or build'. Think of a math or geometry construction as 'building' a figure step by step, putting lines and points together to meet the rules of the problem.