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conformation
- /kɒn.fɔːˈmeɪ.ʃən/ UK
- /kɒn.fəˈmeɪʃən/ UK
- /kɑnfɚˈmeɪʃən/
- /kɑn.foʊɹˈmeɪʃən/
Sounds like confirmation (in some dialects) · Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Latin confōrmātiō. By surface analysis, conform + -ation.
noun conformations
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The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
Similar: conformance
- The state of being conformed; agreement 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
- Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement. 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
- The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken. The more stable conformation has the methyl group in an equatorial position , since this minimizes repulsions between axial substituents
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noun the state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure
| Italiano | conformazione |
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noun spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken
| Français | conformation |
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| Deutsch | Konformation |
| Italiano | conformazione |
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