Definition: conformation

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

conformation
     n : acting according to certain accepted standards [syn: conformity,
          compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, nonconformity]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Conformation \Con`for*ma"tion\, n. [L. conformatio: cf. F.
   conformation.]
   1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

            The conformation of our hearts and lives to the
            duties of true religion and morality. --I. Watts.

   2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure,
      as depending on the arrangement of parts; form;
      arrangement.

            In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain
            conformation of the sentences.        --Lowth.

            A structure and conformation of the earth.
                                                  --Woodward.