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Webster 1913 Edition
Conformation
Conˊfor-ma′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conformation
CONFORMATION
, n.1.
The manner in which a body is formed; the particular texture or structure of a body, or disposition of the parts which compose it; form; structure; often with relation to some other body, and with adaptation to some purpose or effect.Light of different colors is reflected from bodies, according to their different conformation. Varieties of sound depend on the conformation of the organs.
2.
The act of conforming; the act of producing suitableness, or conformity; with to; as the conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion.3.
In medical science, the particular make or construction of the body peculiar to an individual; as a good or bad conformation.Definition 2024
conformation
conformation
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 a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remain unbroken.
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Translations
the act of conforming; the act of producing conformity
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the state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure