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Webster 1913 Edition
Configuration
Con-figˊu-ra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
configuratio
.] 1.
Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.
It is the variety of
configurations
[of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris.
2.
(Astrol.)
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man’s character and life from the
configuration
of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Configuration
CONFIGURA'TION
,Noun.
1.
External form, figure, shape; the figure which bounds a body, and gives it its external appearance, constituting one of the principal differences between bodies.2.
Aspects of the planets; or the face of the horoscope, according to the aspects of the planets toward each other at any time.3.
Resemblance of one figure to another.