Conformation
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English
Noun
Conformation (plural Conformations)- The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
- The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.
- (chemistry) The spatial arrangement of the atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a single bond
Adjectives for Conformation
athletic; peculiar; well-sculptured.
Related terms
Thesaurus
agreement, anatomy, archetype, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, art form, assent, build, building, cast, chorus, coherence, coincidence, compatibility, compliance, composition, concert, concord, concordance, configuration, conformance, conformation other-direction, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, consistency, consonance, consort, constitution, construction, conventionality, cooperation, correspondence, creation, cut, efformation, equivalence, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, figuration, figure, flexibility, forging, form, format, formation, formature, forming, frame, genre, getup, harmony, impression, inner form, intersection, keeping, layout, line, make, makeup, making, malleability, manufacture, matrix, modality, mode, model, modeling, mold, molding, morphogenesis, morphogeny, obedience, observance, oneness, organic structure, organism, organization, orthodoxy, overlap, parallelism, pattern, patterning, peace, physique, plan, pliancy, production, prototype, rapport, reconcilement, reconciliation, sculpture, self-consistency, set, setup, shape, shaping, significant form, stamp, strictness, structure, structuring, style, symmetry, sync, synchronism, tally, tectonics, texture, timing, tissue, traditionalism, turn, type, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, warp and woof, weave, web
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Homophone: confirmation (in some dialects)
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