conformation

  1. Noun.  The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
  2. Noun.  The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.
  3. Noun.  (chemistry) The spatial arrangement of the atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a single bond.

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