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primary structure

noun

Definition of primary structure

: sculpture in the idiom of minimal art

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Other Words from primary structure

primary structurist \ -​¦strəkchərə̇st, -​ksh(ə)rə̇st \ noun

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1966, in the meaning defined above

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