Con-strŭc′tion, n.

n. [Lat. constructio, Fr. construction, Pr. constructio, costructio, Sp. construccion, It. costruzione.]

1. The act of constructing; the act of building, or of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
2. The manner of putting together the parts of any thing so as to give to the whole its peculiar form; structure; conformation. “An astrolabe of peculiar construction.” Whewell.
3. (Gram.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
4. The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or intention; understanding; explanation; sense.

Any person . . . might, by the sort of construction that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason. Hallam. Construction of an equation (Math.), the drawing of such lines and figures as will represent geometrically the quantities in the equation, and their relations to each other.