Synonyms:
configuration, constellation
Meaning: an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"
Usage examples
As handled by the Greeks from prehistoric times, the constellation myths became the very soul of poetry.
And yet this secular fluctuation of the constellation figures is not without keen interest for the meditative observer.
I have made the Seven Lights, the constellation of the Bear, lament for the theft of the Rose, and I have made the Dragon, the constellation Draco, the guardian of the Rose, because these constellations move about the pole of the heavens, the ancient Tree of Life in many countries, and are often associated with the Tree of Life in mythology.
For intellect and will, which should constitute the essence of God, would perforce be as far apart as the poles from the human intellect and will, in fact, would have nothing in common with them but the name; there would be about as much correspondence between the two as there is between the Dog, the heavenly constellation, and a dog, an animal that barks.