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configuration

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


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According to the researchers, that configuration resembles conditions seen in the model before past ruptures that crossed both fault systems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The yields can be altered depending on the type of crude used and the configuration of the refinery, but not by much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

After several years of development and testing in Texas, SpaceX began flying the rocket in its full configuration in 2023, deliberately following suborbital trajectories, which are safer and less challenging.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Not an ideological configuration, but a practical one,” said Sims.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

“A gene,” Beadle wrote in 1945, “can be visualized as directing the final configuration of a protein molecule.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

In the quantum world, particles can exist in a superposition of states, meaning they can occupy multiple possible positions or configurations at the same time.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

At that time almost nothing was published about the possible three-dimensional configurations of a nucleic- acid molecule.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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