CONFORMATION


Meaning of CONFORMATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkän-(ˌ)fȯr-ˈmā-shən, -fər- ]

noun

Date: 1511

1. : the act of conforming or producing conformity : adaptation

2. : formation of something by appropriate arrangement of parts or elements : an assembling into a whole

the gradual conformation of the embryo

3.

a. : correspondence especially to a model or plan

b. : structure

c. : the shape or proportionate dimensions especially of an animal

d. : any of the spatial arrangements of a molecule that can be obtained by rotation of the atoms about a single bond

• con·for·ma·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.