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constructional, a.|kənˈstrʌkʃənəl|
[f. prec. + -al1.]
1. a. Of or pertaining to construction.
1870F. R. Wilson Ch. Lindisf. 70 The only evidences are constructional and sculpturesque. 1881T. Hardy Laodicean III. v. xii. 157 Mere constructional superintendence was all that he had deputed.
b. spec. Pertaining to or engaged in the manufacture of structural iron or steel.
1894Daily News 5 Mar. 2/7 Most of the steel-works are well engaged, more particularly on constructional work. Ibid. 24 Sept. 2/7 The recent distribution of large railway orders in the district has caused constructional iron to be in good request. 1897Ibid. 14 June 7/2 The constructional engineers. 1900Ibid. 3 Dec. 2/7 Ironfounders and constructional engineers. 1924Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 242/2 Constructional steel contracts come out regularly.
2. Belonging to the original structure or design; structural.
1859Jephson Brittany vi. 80 The chief constructional portions of the church are ‘early pointed’. 1861A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. vi. 219 If a gallery were in any case admissible, it must be a constructional one, and not one of those wretched scaffoldings on cast iron pillars or brackets.
3. Of, pertaining to, or dependent upon interpretation of phraseology or intention.
1737Waterland Eucharist 40 (T.) The nature of symbolical grants, and constructional conveyances. 1839New Monthly Mag. LVI. 455 Nor can this be considered as a quibble, a constructional possession.
4. In theatrical scenery, characterized by ‘construction’.
1924H. Carter New Theatre Soviet Russia 73 A development of the constructional scenery appeared in the next production. |