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Strukturbild

Strukturbild is a German term used to describe a visual representation intended to communicate the structure of a system, object, or phenomenon. The word is formed from Strukt- (structure) and Bild (image) and is used across technical and scientific contexts. In practice, a Strukturbild is not a single standardized diagram type; rather, it denotes any image whose primary purpose is to reveal the arrangement and relations among the parts of a whole.

Applications and meanings vary by field: in linguistics, a Strukturbild may refer to a syntactic tree or

Common features include identification of components, the edges or links that connect them, and an indication

Because Strukturbild is a German umbrella term rather than a single standardized diagram type, its precise

See also: structure diagram, diagram, schematic, parse tree, UML diagram.

dependency
structure;
in
software
engineering
it
can
denote
a
class
diagram
or
component
diagram;
in
biology
or
medicine
it
might
illustrate
tissue
architecture,
cellular
organization,
or
molecular
structure;
in
geology
it
can
represent
stratigraphic
layers
or
rock
fabric.
of
hierarchy,
sequence,
or
dependence.
Visual
conventions
range
from
boxes
and
arrows
to
trees
and
graphs,
sometimes
accompanied
by
legends,
scales,
or
annotations.
meaning
depends
on
context.
It
is
often
used
in
technical
documentation,
education,
and
design
reviews
to
convey
the
structure
of
a
system
clearly
and
efficiently.