The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.
The engineers tested several configurations of the new device.
The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together
The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation.
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