conformation
Other forms: conformations
Conformation can mean following the rules, or fitting in. Competitions require conformation from competitors who must follow the rules of the game. You might note water's conformation to the shape of whatever container that holds it.
Conformation has its base in the word conform, which means to follow the rules, or behave in such a way that you fit in, in a social or a spatial way (i.e. adjusting to something else's contours). Conformation should not be confused with confirmation, which means showing the truth or accuracy of something. The two words do have similar religious meanings though. Conformation refers to complying with the rules of a church, while confirmation means a person's full entry into the Christian belief.
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acting according to certain accepted standards
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synonyms:
abidance, compliance, conformity
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Antonyms:
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disobedience, noncompliance
the failure to obey
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nonconformance, nonconformity
failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
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formality
compliance with formal rules
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line
acting in conformity
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honoring, observance
conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
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keeping
conformity or harmony
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punctilio
strict observance of formalities
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type of:
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cooperation
joint operation or action
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disobedience, noncompliance
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any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
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synonyms:
configuration, contour, form, shape
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keenness, sharpness
thinness of edge or fineness of point
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bluntness, dullness
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
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topography
the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
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lobularity
the property of having lobules
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concaveness, concavity
the property possessed by a concave shape
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convexity, convexness
the property possessed by a convex shape
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angularity
the property possessed by a shape that has angles
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narrowing
an instance of becoming narrow
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curvature, curve
the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
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roundness
the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
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straightness
freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
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crookedness
having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
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stratification
a layered configuration
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acuteness
the quality of having a sharp edge or point
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obtuseness
the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point
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hollowness
the property of having a sunken area
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bulginess, roundedness
the property possessed by a rounded convexity
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coarctation
(biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta
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taper
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
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oblongness, rectangularity
the property of being shaped like a rectangle
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triangularity
the property of being shaped like a triangle
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globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity
the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
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cylindricality, cylindricalness
the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder
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circularity, disk shape
the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
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curliness, waviness
(of hair) a tendency to curl
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straightness
(of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
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bottleneck, chokepoint, constriction
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
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spatial property, spatiality
any property relating to or occupying space
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a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing
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type of:
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balance, counterbalance, equilibrium, equipoise
equality of distribution
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balance, counterbalance, equilibrium, equipoise
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