configuration
noun
the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
configurational
-
a word derived from
configuration.
Example Sentences
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"This breakthrough replaces century-old simulations and approximations of configurational integral with a first-principles calculation," said Duc Truong, Los Alamos scientist and lead author of the study published in Physical Review Materials.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
For decades, researchers have depended on indirect computational techniques such as molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations to estimate configurational integrals.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
When Alexandrov described the computational strategy his team had developed, Petsev realized that the technique might offer a way to directly evaluate the configurational integral in statistical mechanics.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
Di Genova, D., Romano, C., Giordano, D. & Alletti, M. Heat capacity, configurational heat capacity and fragility of hydrous magmas.
From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2017
What is of interest in the story is the fact that all these discoveries occur in a context of configurational focus, of synthesis, not in the sequential horizon of analytic Western languages.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
