"configuration" | Definition and Related Words

configuration

Noun

An arrangement of parts or elements (synset 105739724)
"the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"

is a type of: design, plan - an arrangement scheme
subtypes:
- redundancy - (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails
- network topology, topology - the configuration of a communication network
- chunking, unitisation, unitization - (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
same as: constellation
Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) (synset 105071206)
"he could barely make out their shapes"
tells us about:
- straight - having no deviations
- crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
is a type of: spatial property, spatiality - any property relating to or occupying space
subtypes:
- keenness, sharpness - thinness of edge or fineness of point
- bluntness, dullness - without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
- topography - the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
- lobularity - the property of having lobules
- concaveness, concavity - the property possessed by a concave shape
- convexity, convexness - the property possessed by a convex shape
- angularity - the property possessed by a shape that has angles
- narrowing - an instance of becoming narrow
- curvature, curve - the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
- roundness - the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
- straightness - freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
- crookedness - having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
- stratification - a layered configuration
same as: conformation, contour, form, shape

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