configuration

Configuration stands for:

• Configuration (narrative theory) , the plot in literary studies
• Configuration (mechanics) , the mapping of a material body in continuum mechanics
• Configuration (chemistry) , the modeled spatial arrangement of atoms of a molecule in stereochemistry
• Electron configuration , the distribution of electrons in the electron shell of an atom
• Configuration (computer) , the structure and the settings (options) for the construction of computers and the administration of software
• Configuration (aviation) , on aircraft the position of the landing flaps, landing gear and spoilers (e.g. landing configuration; cruise configuration)

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Wiktionary: configuration  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• figuration
• Product configuration

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