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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