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Webster 1913 Edition
Configuration
Con-figˊu-ra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
configuratio
.] 1.
Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.
It is the variety of
configurations
[of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris.
2.
(Astrol.)
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man’s character and life from the
configuration
of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Configuration
CONFIGURA'TION
,Noun.
1.
External form, figure, shape; the figure which bounds a body, and gives it its external appearance, constituting one of the principal differences between bodies.2.
Aspects of the planets; or the face of the horoscope, according to the aspects of the planets toward each other at any time.3.
Resemblance of one figure to another.Definition 2024
configuration
configuration
English
Noun
configuration (plural configurations)
- Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
- Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
- The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
- (physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
- (algebra) A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
Coordinate terms
- (chemistry): conformation
Translations
relative disposition
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arrangement of electrons
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