configuration
The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.
Example
“The engineers tested several configurations of the new device.”
Other meanings
The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together
The aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
Synonyms
- constellation
Related words
- autoconfiguration
- configurational
- configurationism
- deconfiguration
- microconfiguration
- misconfiguration
- multiconfiguration
- nanoconfiguration
- preconfiguration
- reconfiguration
- subconfiguration
- configuration section
Word history
From Latin "cōnfigūrātiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “configuration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.