configuration

noun

• 1an arrangement of parts or elements in a particular form, figure, or combination:the unrepeatable configuration of the stars at the moment of your birth the broad configuration of the economy remains capitalist
• Computing an arrangement or manner of interconnection of items of computer hardware or software: the PC comes with a removable hard disk drive as part of the standard configuration
• Chemistry the fixed three-dimensional relationship of the atoms in a molecule, defined by the bonds between them. Compare with conformation.

• 2 Psychologyanother term for gestalt.