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countable and uncountable, plural conformations
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. examples
The state of being conformed; agreement quotations examples
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
1866, William Lobscheid, Chinese Emigration to the West Indies
Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement. quotations examples
One may see well the advantages of this form from the coach - box of our heavily - loaded public vehicles , where animals of different conformation are yoked together
1853, David Low, On the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands
(chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken. quotations examples
The more stable conformation has the methyl group in an equatorial position , since this minimizes repulsions between axial substituents
1980, Bernard Miller, Organic Chemistry, the Basis of Life