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Etymology

From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation.

derived from cōnfigūrātiō
derived from configuration

Definitions

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The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's…
The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.
- The engineers tested several configurations of the new device.
- The mountain range has a unique configuration.
The relative positions of a set of things
The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;
The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a…
The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
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1. A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of…
  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.
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  The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the…
  The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users.
  - The software requires a specific configuration to run properly.
3. The process of customizing a computing environment in this way.

The neighborhood

neighborconfigure
neighborconfigurator

Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at configuration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at configuration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at configuration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.