configuration

From Middle French configuration, from Latin configuratio

• (UK) enPR: kǝnfigǝ'reiʃn
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

configuration (countable and uncountable, plural configurations)

1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
2. Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
3. The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
4. (physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
5. (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.

• (form): configuration, constitution; see also Thesaurus:composition

• (chemistry): conformation

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configuration f (plural configurations)

1. configuration

• “configuration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).