Configuration
Configuration noun - The arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form.
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Synonyms for Configuration
Variation and configuration are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Configuration".
Nearby Words: configure, configured, configurable, configuring, configurator
Variation
Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).
Configuration and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Configuration" instead a noun "Variation".
How words are described
| female | female configuration | female variation |
| rare | rare configuration | rare variation |
| special | special configuration | special variation |
| particular | particular configuration | particular variation |
| Other adjectives: similar, common, specific, standard, main, new, unique, possible, unusual, strange, different, magical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Hellraiser has a variation of this, prehensile chains with barbed hooks come out of the Lament Configuration and snag people.
Source: Chain Pain -
The most popular variation has been the wyvern, somewhat resembling a bat with the forelimbs being clawed wings and the rear limbs being two legs - this configuration generally being considered more "realistic" as something that could actually evolve.
Source: Our Dragons Are Different -
An unusual, real-physics variation occurs in Larry Niven's Integral Trees, set in the "smoke ring": The smoke ring is a toroidal cloud of gas and matter which orbits a very low-output neutron star, which in turn orbits a sun-like star in a binary configuration.
Source: World in the Sky
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