configuration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: algebra
astrology
chemistry
computing
engineering
human-sciences
mathematics
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation.
Base: configure
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: configurations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The engineers tested several configurations of the new device.
The mountain range has a unique configuration.
gloss: The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The software requires a specific configuration to run properly.
gloss: The process of customizing a computing environment in this way.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Related words: configure
configurator
Derived words: autoconfiguration
configurational
configurationism
configuration language
configuration section
Cremona-Richmond configuration
deconfiguration
Desargues configuration
electron configuration
microconfiguration
misconfiguration
multiconfiguration
nanoconfiguration
preconfiguration
reconfiguration
software configuration management
source configuration management
subconfiguration
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: փոխդասավորութուն
roman: pʻoxdasavorutʻun
lang: Armenian
word: ուրվագիծ
roman: urvagic
lang: Bengali
word: কান্ফিগিউরেইশ্ন্
roman: kanphigiureiśn
lang: Bulgarian
word: конфигура́ция
roman: konfigurácija
lang: Catalan
word: configuració
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 編排 /编排
roman: biānpái
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 配置
roman: pèizhì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 佈局 /布局
roman: bùjú
lang: Esperanto
word: agordo
lang: Estonian
word: asetus
lang: Finnish
word: rakenne
lang: French
word: configuration
lang: German
word: Konfiguration
lang: Icelandic
word: stilling
lang: Indonesian
word: konfigurasi
lang: Irish
word: imchruth
lang: Italian
word: configurazione
lang: Japanese
word: 構成
roman: kōsei
lang: Japanese
word: 配置
roman: haichi
lang: Japanese
word: 設定
roman: settei
lang: Japanese
word: コンフィギュレーション
roman: konfigyurēshon
lang: Kazakh
word: пішіндеме
roman: pışındeme
lang: Malay
word: tatarajah
lang: Malay
word: tatabentuk
lang: Māori
word: whiringahora
lang: Norman
word: confidguthâtion
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: konfigurasjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: konfigurasjon
lang: Polish
word: konfiguracja
lang: Portuguese
word: configuração
lang: Romanian
word: configurație
lang: Romanian
word: dispunere
lang: Romanian
word: configurare
lang: Russian
word: конфигура́ция
roman: konfigurácija
lang: Spanish
word: configuración
lang: Swedish
word: konfiguration
lang: Swedish
word: konfigurering
lang: Swedish
word: inställning
lang: Tagalog
word: pagsasaayos
lang: Ukrainian
word: конфігура́ція
roman: konfihurácija
lang: Vietnamese
word: cấu hình
lang: Finnish
word: määritys
lang: Finnish
word: määrittely
lang: Finnish
word: konfigurointi