the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
external form, as resulting from this; conformation.
the relative position or aspect of heavenly bodies.
Chemistry. an atomic spatial arrangement that is fixed by the chemical bonding in a molecule and that cannot be altered without breaking bonds (contrasted with conformation).
the way a computer or computer system is put together; a specific set and arrangement of internal and external components, including hardware, software, and devices.
the way a software program or device is set up for a particular computer, computer system, or task; the specific settings for a program or device: configuration of your email program to work with your new ISP.
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In our current configuration of religious interest groups, we find significant overlap with party politics.
Several will retire and be replaced -- and even one replacement could fundamentally change the configuration of the court.
Saturn in Libra joins in a Grand Cross configuration by Friday.
Peptides provide a cheese with its distinct flavor, based on the configuration of these amino-acid chains.
In Lower Normandy the topography and configuration change completely.
The configuration of the Maine coast to the northeast further increases this to fifteen or twenty feet rise at Eastport.
When they had crossed, the configuration of the ice forced them to adopt a route which they would willingly have avoided.
He refers to the greater and more permanent agencies which affect the configuration of our planet.
It is quite clear that these are sensations excited in us by the configuration of parts, but extent is not a sensation.
1550s, from Latin configurationem (nominative configuratio), noun of action from past participle stem of configurare (see configure).
The arrangement of parts or elements of a whole, especially the structural arrangement of atoms in a compound or molecule.