CONFIGURATION : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: CONFIGURATION	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
configuration n an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" Synonym(s): configuration, constellation any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" Synonym(s): shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Configuration \Config`ura"tion\, n. [L. configuratio.] 1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure. It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. --Harris. 2. (Astrol.) Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time. They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. --Whewell.