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configuration

[kuhn-fig-yuh-ray-shuhn] / kənˌfɪg jəˈreɪ ʃən /


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Spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs when a system that could exist in several equivalent arrangements settles into one particular configuration.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Mercedes started rolling out the new conversational AI in North America in 2027 models including the E-Class and CLE, as well as select older models depending on their system generation and configuration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

According to a report to the health board the current model "provides valued local services, but its dispersed configuration makes it increasingly difficult to meet needs consistently".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

This shuttle stack sits in flight configuration, almost exactly as it would look on the cusp of liftoff, besides the yellow torque tubes lining the orbiter’s white shell like external ribs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

It did not say how the laws should be chosen and it did not specify the initial configuration of the universe.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

The venue's official seated capacity is just under 74,000, but boxing configurations allow for even larger crowds.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The album is loaded with Anthrax trademarks — serrated, crunchy riffs, soaring lead vocals, bludgeoning beats, and scorching guitar — but there are also galactic noise effects, angular song structures and atypical chord configurations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

A posse of extras clad in white jumpsuits and little black aprons would occasionally flood the set, tidying up and moving the furniture into new configurations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

“By combining applied AI with decades of sophisticated business rules, regulatory compliance, security models, data models and customer configurations, we enable customers to continuously realize AI’s value,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

She hauled the poles up into the lucky-beans with Crocodile Guts’s rope, and experimented with various configurations until she had a floor that was more or less level.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer


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