Dictionary entry

Configuration

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con‐fig′u‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. configuratio.] 1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.

It is the variety of configurations... which gives birth and origin to the several vowels.

Harris.

2. (Astrol.) Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

They undertook... to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth.

Whewell.