Configuration
Configuration noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.
Usage example: a small business computer system in its simplest configuration
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Synonyms for Configuration
Design is a synonym for configuration in model topic. In some cases you can use "Design" instead a noun "Configuration", when it comes to topics like arrangement, layout.
Nearby Words: configure, configured, configurable, configuring, configurator
Design
Design noun - The way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged.
Usage example: the design of the building's lobby encourages the free flow of traffic
Configuration is a synonym for design in model topic. You can use "Configuration" instead a noun "Design", if it concerns topics such as style, pattern, layout, artful conception.
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Related pairs
- construction and configuration
- construction and design
- model and configuration
- model and design
- sketch and configuration
- sketch and design
- cast and configuration
- cast and design
- organization and configuration
- organization and design
- form and configuration
- form and design
- structure and configuration
- structure and design
How words are described
| female | female configuration | female design |
| physical | physical configuration | physical design |
| exact | exact configuration | exact design |
| particular | particular configuration | particular design |
| Other adjectives: similar, common, short, current, standard, original, initial, actual, new, unique, early, possible, final, classic, unusual, alternate, strange, basic, different, humanoid, updated. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The first manned starship is called the Enterprise, and shares some major design elements (albeit in a different configuration).
Source: Webcomic / Quantum Vibe -
A similar gag was used in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, when a monitor on the bridge showed the Enterprise in its pre-refit configuration rather than the revised design from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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This has also led to a common starship design configuration where most of the ship's weaponry is placed broadside-style along the flanks of the ship's superstructure.
Source: See the Whites of Their Eyes
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