'Configuration' definitions:

Definition of 'configuration'

(from WordNet)
noun
An arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" [syn: configuration, constellation]
noun
Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" [syn: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation]

Definition of 'Configuration'

From: GCIDE
  • Configuration \Con*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. configuratio.]
  • 1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure. [1913 Webster]
  • It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. --Harris. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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