architecture

nouncommon in dialogue

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The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

noun

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The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.
April 21, 2017, Max Roscoe, How Your City Is Killing You With Uglinesshttps://web.archive.org/web/20201112015531/https://www.returnofkings.com/118275/how-your-city-is-killing-you-with-ugliness Architecture is the visual public expression of a culture’s achievements, values, and outlook.# The profession of an architect.
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Any particular style of building design.
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Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
Our ſoules, whoſe faculties can comprehend The wondrous Architecture of the world: And meaſure euery wandring planets courſe, Still climing after knowledge infinite, […]
the architecture of grasses, plants, and trees
1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth the formation of the first Earth, after such a wonderful manner, being a piece of Divine Architecture
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A unifying structure.
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A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
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A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
The Intel architectures have more software written for them.
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The structure and design of a system or product.
The architecture of the company's billing system is designed to support its business goals.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō Proto-Hellenic *téktōn Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)bor. Latin architectus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin architectūralbor. French architecturebor. English architecture Borrowed from French architecture, from Latin architectūra. Originally from architect, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect”, literally “arch builder, ext. chief builder, principal craftsman”).

Forms

plural: architectures

Archie · A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the…architect · A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or…architectural · Pertaining to architecture.

architecture · The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and…

archive · Chiefly in the form archives. A repository or other place for…Arctic · Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.are · An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of…

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