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noun
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The state of being conformed; agreement
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, physical, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
acting according to certain accepted standards
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: conformity, compliance, abidance
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Broader terms: cooperation
Narrower terms: formality, line, honoring, observance, keeping
noun
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: shape, form, configuration, contour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spatial property, spatiality
Narrower terms: sharpness, keenness, dullness, bluntness, topography, lobularity, concavity, concaveness, convexity, convexness, angularity, narrowing, curvature, curve, roundness, straightness, crookedness, stratification
noun
a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
History
From Latin confōrmātiō. By surface analysis, conform + -ation.
Across languages
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