Hypertext Webster Gateway: "configuration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Configuration \Con*fig`u*ra"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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
configuration
n 1: an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on
the configuration of influences at the time" [syn: {constellation}]
2: any spatial attribute (especially as defined by outline);
"he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
[syn: {shape}, {form}, {contour}]
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