CONSTRUCTION, n. [L.] 1. The act of building, or of devising and forming; fabrication.2. The form of building; the manner of putting together the parts of a building, a machine, or a system; structure; conformation.The sailing of a ship and its capacity depend chiefly on its construction.3. In grammar, syntax, or the arrangement and connection of words in a sentence, according to established usages, or the practice of good writers and speakers.4. Sense; meaning; interpretation; explanation; or the manner of understanding the arrangement of words, or of understanding facts. Let us find the true construction; or let us give the authors words a sound, rational, consistent construction. What construction can be put upon this affair, or upon the conduct of a man?5. The manner of describing a figure or problem in geometry. The drawing of such lines, such figure, &c., as are previously necessary for making any demonstration appear more plain and undeniable.6. In algebra, the construction of equations is the method of reducing a known equation into lines and figures, in order to a geometrical demonstration. |
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