a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) |
the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts | a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) |
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement | |
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations | |
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | |