transcription, транскрипция: [ kən-ˌfi-gyə-ˈrā-shən, ˌkän-, -gə-ˈ ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin configuration-, configuratio similar formation, from Latin configurare to form from or after, from com- + figurare to form, from figura figure
Date: 1559
1.
a. : relative arrangement of parts or elements: as
(1) : shape
(2) : contour of land
configuration of the mountains
(3) : functional arrangement
a small business computer system in its simplest configuration
b. : something (as a figure, contour, pattern, or apparatus) that results from a particular arrangement of parts or components
c. : the stable structural makeup of a chemical compound especially with reference to the space relations of the constituent atoms
2. : gestalt
personality configuration
• con·fig·u·ra·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective
• con·fig·u·ra·tion·al·ly adverb
• con·fig·u·ra·tive -ˈfi-gyə-rə-tiv, -ˈfi-gə- adjective