configuration
Pluralconfigurations
- 1The way a group of things is arranged or placed together.
The configuration of desks in the classroom changed after the holiday break.
We tried a different configuration for the furniture until the room felt bigger.
Similararrangement, layout, positioning, disposition, setup
- 2The shape of something, based on how its parts are placed.
The strange configuration of the rocks made the cliff look like a giant face.
Each snowflake has its own configuration of tiny icy branches.
Similarstructure, form, arrangement, composition, makeup
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- 3The way a computer or program is set up for the people who use it.
Like setting up your desk so everything is in the place you want it.
After I changed the configuration, the printer finally started working.
The game saves your configuration so the controls stay the same next time you play.
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- 4The work of setting up a computer or program so it runs the way you want.
Configuration of the new laptop took most of the afternoon.
The router needs some configuration before it can connect to the internet.
Similarsetup, customization
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- 5The way the tiny particles called electrons are arranged inside an atom or molecule.
Like seats in a theater that fill up row by row in a set order.
Neon does not react easily because its electron configuration is full and stable.
In chemistry class, we drew the configuration of electrons for the first ten elements.
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- 6The pattern the planets form in the sky at a certain moment, studied in astrology.
The astrologer said the configuration of the planets favored new beginnings.
According to her birth chart, the configuration at that hour promised a life of travel.
Similaralignment
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- 7A pattern in geometry made of points and lines, where each point touches the same number of lines.
Our teacher drew a configuration with seven points and seven lines on the board.
In the puzzle, every point of the configuration sits on exactly three lines.
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Origin
From Latin cōnfigūrātiō, which came into English through Middle French. It is made from 'configure' plus '-ation'.