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configuration

[ kuhn-fig-yuh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  2. external form, as resulting from this; conformation.
  3. Astronomy.
    1. the relative position or aspect of heavenly bodies.
    2. a group of stars.
  4. Chemistry. an atomic spatial arrangement that is fixed by the chemical bonding in a molecule and that cannot be altered without breaking bonds ( conformation ).
  5. Computers.
    1. the way a computer or computer system is put together; a specific set and arrangement of internal and external components, including hardware, software, and devices.
    2. the way a software program or device is set up for a particular computer, computer system, or task; the specific settings for a program or device:

      configuration of your email program to work with your new ISP.



configuration

/ 办蓹苍藢蹿瑟伞箩蕣藞谤别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the arrangement of the parts of something
  2. the external form or outline achieved by such an arrangement
  3. physics chem
    1. Also calledconformation the shape of a molecule as determined by the arrangement of its atoms
    2. the structure of an atom or molecule as determined by the arrangement of its electrons and nucleons
  4. psychol the unit or pattern in perception studied by Gestalt psychologists
  5. computing the particular choice of hardware items and their interconnection that make up a particular computer system
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 肠辞苍藢蹿颈驳耻藞谤补迟颈辞苍补濒濒测, adverb
  • 肠辞苍藢蹿颈驳耻藞谤补迟颈辞苍补濒, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路蹿颈驳顎卽路谤补顎僼颈辞苍路补濒 肠辞苍路蹿颈驳路耻路谤补路迟颈惫别 [k, uh, n-, fig, -yer-, uh, -tiv, -y, uh, -rey-tiv], adjective
  • 肠辞苍路蹿颈驳顎卽路谤补顎僼颈辞苍路补濒路ly adverb
  • 辫谤别顎卌辞苍路蹿颈驳顎卽路谤补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of configuration1

1550鈥60; < Late Latin 肠辞苍蹿颈驳奴谤腻迟颈艒苍- (stem of 肠辞苍蹿颈驳奴谤腻迟颈艒 ), equivalent to Latin 肠辞苍蹿颈驳奴谤腻迟 ( us ) shaped like its model, past participle of 肠辞苍蹿颈驳奴谤腻谤别 to mold, shape ( con- con- + 蹿颈驳奴谤 ( a ) figure + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1 ) + -颈艒苍- -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of configuration1

C16: from Late Latin 肠辞苍蹿颈驳奴谤腻迟颈艒 a similar formation, from 肠辞苍蹿颈驳奴谤腻谤别 to model on something, from 蹿颈驳奴谤膩re to shape, fashion
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Cornbread in any configuration that managed to hit sweet, salty, rich and warm all at once.

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In both of England's matches the standout feature was the configuration of central midfield.

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Twelve Louisiana voters challenged the new map in federal court last spring, and the court scrapped the configuration, ruling that the district created an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

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Despite Verstappen's pace, the Red Bull looked difficult to drive, and the team were trying out different set-ups and configurations on the car, including swapping between two different front wing specifications.

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But thousands of people, displaced by the wildfires, are finding themselves in communal living situations, of myriad configurations, by necessity.

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