configuration
configuration Lexical Profile
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• noun
An arrangement of parts or elements in a particular form, figure, or combination.
"The interior designer suggested a new seating configuration to maximize space in the conference room."
In computing, the way a system, hardware, or software is set up, or the specific set of components and parameters that make up the system.
"Before installing the update, the administrator backed up the server's network configuration."
In chemistry and physics, the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule or the distribution of electrons among atomic or molecular orbitals.
"Noble gases are chemically stable because they possess a full outer-shell electron configuration."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 14th century from Late Latin configuratio, meaning a shaping after a pattern, derived from the verb configurare, combining com- ('together') and figurare ('to form or fashion').