configuration

English

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Etymology

configure +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kǝnfigǝ'reiʃn
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

configuration (plural configurations)

1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
2. Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
3. The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
4. (physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.

Translations

relative disposition

• Bulgarian: конфигурация (bg) (konigurácija) f 
• Catalan: configuració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編排 (cmn), 编排 (cmn) (biānpái), 配置 (cmn) (pèizhì), 佈局 (cmn), 布局 (cmn) (bùjú)

• Estonian: asetus (et)
• French: configuration (fr)
• German: Konfiguration (de) f

• Italian: configurazione (it) f
• Japanese: 構成 (ja) (こうせい, kōsei), 配置 (ja) (はいち, haichi), 設定 (ja) (せってい, settei), コンフィギュレーション (ja) (konfigyurēshon)
• Jèrriais: confidguthâtion f
• Portuguese: configuração (pt) f
• Romanian: configurație (ro) f, dispunere (ro) f
• Russian: конфигурация (ru) (konigurácija) f 
• Spanish: configuración (es) f

arrangement of electrons

• Catalan: configuració (ca) f
• Czech: konfigurace (cs) f
• Estonian: asetus (et)
• French: configuration (fr)

• German: Konfiguration (de) f
• Romanian: configurație (ro) f
• Russian: конфигурация (ru) (konigurácija) f 
• Swedish: elektronkonfiguration (sv) c

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French

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Noun

configuration f (plural configurations)

1. configuration