Noun

(en noun)

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.

Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.

(physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.

A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.

Noun

(en noun)

(literally)   The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.

(figuratively)   The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.

(figuratively, especially in, computing)   A basic conceptual structure.

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, author=John T. Jost , title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? , volume=100, issue=2, page=162 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.}}

These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.

(literally)   The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.