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Conformation
//kɑnfɚˈmeɪʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. countable, uncountable
- 2 acting according to certain accepted standards wordnet
- 3 The state of being conformed; agreement countable, uncountable
"I was much struck with the gaiety of the creoles , whose exterior told a stranger that education had been doing something among them in these solitudes ; and as all the parties kissed the Bible in conformation with the law of England"
- 4 any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) wordnet
- 5 Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement. countable, uncountable
"One may see well the advantages of this form from the coach - box of our heavily - loaded public vehicles , where animals of different conformation are yoked together"
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- 6 a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing wordnet
- 7 The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken. countable, physical, uncountable
"The more stable conformation has the methyl group in an equatorial position , since this minimizes repulsions between axial substituents"
Etymology
From Latin confōrmātiō.
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