configuration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an arrangement of parts or elements
    constellation.
    • the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time
  2. noun any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
    shape; contour; form; conformation.
    • he could barely make out their shapes

WordNet

Con*fig`u*ra"tion noun
Etymology
L. configuratio.
Definitions
  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 1913