Conformation

//kɑnfɚˈmeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    acting according to certain accepted standards wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing wordnet
  2. 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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