From Longman Business Dictionarystructural analysisˌstructural aˈnalysis1COMMERCE the careful examination of the structure of a whole industry, organization etc in order to find out how its parts relate to each other and to make plans for the future2PROPERTY the careful examination of the physical structure of a material, building etc in order to find out what it is made of or whether there is anything wrong with itA structural analysis showed that the roof was sound. → analysis
