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construction

con.struc.tion \k*n-'str*k-sh*n\ \-shn*l, -sh*n-*l\ \-e-\ n 1: the 
   arrangement and connection of words or groups of words in a sentence  : 
   syntactical arrangement 2: the process, art, or manner of constructing; 
   also : a thing cons tructed 3: the act or result of construing, 
   interpreting, or explaining  4: a nonrepresentational sculptural creation 
   composed of often disparate el ements - con.struc.tion.al aj