Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.

    The engineers tested several configurations of the new device.

    The mountain range has a unique configuration.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;

    Konfiguration

    конфигура́цияkonfigurácija

    конфігура́ціяkonfihurácija

  3. The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;

    (countable, uncountable)The aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

  4. (countable)The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.

    Konfiguration

    конфигура́цияkonfigurácija

    конфігура́ціяkonfihurácija

  5. (countable)A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.

  6. (countable)The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users.

    The software requires a specific configuration to run properly.

  7. (uncountable)The process of customizing a computing environment in this way.

More definitions
  • an arrangement of parts or elements
  • any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Let's look at the configuration file.

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  2. Tom's face detected an unsupported facial hair configuration.

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  3. The configuration file for your database server is located in this directory.

    ruФайл конфигурации твоего сервера базы данных находится в этом каталоге.

    deDie Konfigurationsdatei für Ihren Datenbank-Server befindet sich in diesem Verzeichnis.

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  4. We were running out of disk space due to a configuration issue.

    deUns war wegen eines Konfigurationsfehlers der Speicherplatz ausgegangen.

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  5. We encounter similar difficulties when we substitute rectangles for triangles in this configuration.

    ruМы встречаем похожие затруднения, когда заменяем в этой конфигурации прямоугольники на треугольники.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
relative positions of a set of things:
Русский
By meaning 1
relative positions of a set of things:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
relative positions of a set of things:

Origin

From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -at

From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation.

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