configuration

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The arrangement of parts or elements in a pattern or form, as.
• noun Chemistry The structural arrangement of atoms in a compound or molecule.
• noun Computers The way in which a computer system or network is set up or connected.
• noun Psychology Gestalt.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A system of a finite number of points with their duals.
• noun In organic chemistry, the arrangement of the atoms within the molecule, especially that arrangement in space which occasions optical activity.
• noun A tetrastim with dots in A tetragram with sides in a a conic range has each pair conic pencil has each pair of of codots costraight with a diagonals copunctal with a pair of fan points of the pair of connectors of the tetragram of tangents at tetrastim of contacts on the the dots. sides.
• noun External form, figure, or shape, especially as resulting from the disposition and relation of the parts; external aspect or appearance: contour.
• noun In astrology, relative position or aspect of the planets.
• noun In modern astron., any noticeable grouping of stars which may aid in identifying them.
• noun In analytical mechanics, the relative positions of the parts of a system at any moment.
• noun In geometry, a ruled surface considered as a locus of rays; also, a system of three linear complexes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.
• noun (Astrol.) Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
• noun Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
• noun The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
• noun physics, chemistry The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
• noun an arrangement of parts or elements