construct
Definition
Concept or 'useful fiction' (which may or may not refer to an objective reality) employed in summarizing multitudes of facts and in formulating explanatory theories. The terms 'average family' and 'organizational culture,' for example, are constructs that encapsulate (and maybe somewhat distort) the activities and behaviors of a few or millions of people. Also called hypothetical construct, logical construct, or theoretical construct. See also constructed knowledge.
construct is in the Information & Knowledge Management subject.
construct appears in the definitions of the following terms:
theory of rational expectations (TRE),
knowledge base,
constructivism,
bill of quantities (BOQ),
speech synthesis,
easement,
basing rate,
system,
histogram,
database marketing
and
construct appears in these other terms:
construction material,
constructive total loss (CTL),
construction documents,
constructive delivery,
constructive discharge,
liberal construction,
constructive control,
constructability,
construction,
constructive change
and
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