| English noun: configuration | 
| 1. | configuration (cognition) an arrangement of parts or elements | 
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 | Samples | The outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time. 
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 | Synonyms | constellation | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | design, plan | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | chunking, network topology, redundancy, topology, unitisation, unitization | 
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| 2. | configuration (attribute) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | 
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 | Samples | He could barely make out their shapes. 
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 | Synonyms | conformation, contour, form, shape | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | spatial property, spatiality | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | angularity, bluntness, concaveness, concavity, convexity, convexness, crookedness, curvature, curve, dullness, keenness, lobularity, narrowing, roundness, sharpness, straightness, stratification, topography | 
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 | Attribute | crooked, straight | 
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