Meaning of CONFORMATION
| Pronunciation: | | `kânfor'meyshun
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- [n] acting according to certain accepted standards
- [n] any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
- [n] a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing
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| | Synonyms: | | abidance, compliance, configuration, conformity, contour, form, shape |
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| | Antonyms: | | disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformity | | |
| | See Also: | | angularity, balance, bluntness, concaveness, concavity, convexity, convexness, cooperation, counterbalance, crookedness, curvature, curve, dullness, dulness, equilibrium, equipoise, formality, honoring, keenness, keeping, line, lobularity, narrowing, observance, roundness, sharpness, spatial property, spatiality, straightness, stratification, topography | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con`for*ma"tion\, n. [L. conformatio: cf. F.
conformation.]
1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
The conformation of our hearts and lives to the
duties of true religion and morality. --I. Watts.
2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure,
as depending on the arrangement of parts; form;
arrangement.
In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain
conformation of the sentences. --Lowth.
A structure and conformation of the earth.
--Woodward.
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| | Definition: | | The three-dimensional arrangement of side groups on a molecule which can freely rotate into different positions without breaking any bonds. |
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