conformation

CEFRB2

/kɑnfɚˈmeɪʃən/

noun

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noun
The shape or arrangement of parts.
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noun
Extra detail
Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The state of being conformed; agreement
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.

In context

The protein's conformation changed with temperature.
I was much struck with the gaiety of the creoles , whose exterior told a stranger that education had been doing something among them in these solitudes ; and as all the parties kissed the Bible in conformation with the law of England
The more stable conformation has the methyl group in an equatorial position , since this minimizes repulsions between axial substituents

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I was much struck with the gaiety of the creoles , whose exterior told a stranger that education had been doing something among them in these solitudes ; and as all the parties kissed the Bible in conformation with the law of England
1866, William Lobscheid, Chinese Emigration to the West Indies
Sennertus [Daniel Sennert] alſo, vvhere he vvrites De morbis Figuræ, reckons amongſt other cauſes of the ill conformation of mens heads, That they are novv and then induced after the birth, vvhilſt the tender Heads of Infants are by Midvvives and Nurſes formed after a divers manner, vvhile they are involved in head-bands, & moulded vvith their hands, according to their irregular and varying phanſies.
1650, John Bulwer, “The First Scene. Certain Fashions of the Head, Affected and Contrived by the Pragmatical Invention and Artificial Endeavours of Many Nations.”, in Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform’d; or, The Artificial Changeling. […], London: […] J. Hardesty, […], →OCLC, page 1
One may see well the advantages of this form from the coach - box of our heavily - loaded public vehicles , where animals of different conformation are yoked together
1853, David Low, On the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands
The more stable conformation has the methyl group in an equatorial position , since this minimizes repulsions between axial substituents
1980, Bernard Miller, Organic Chemistry, the Basis of Life

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From Latin confōrmātiō. By surface analysis, conform + -ation.