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How to pronounce conformation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms configuration, contour, form, shape
Type of spatial property, spatiality
Has types curvature, curve, dullness, convexity, concavity, keenness, concaveness, bluntness, lobularity, narrowing, convexness, crookedness, straightness, stratification, topography, angularity, roundness, sharpness
Type Words
Synonyms abidance, compliance, conformity
Type of cooperation
Has types observance, line, keeping, honoring, formality
Derivation conform
Type Words
Type of balance, equilibrium, counterbalance, equipoise

Examples of conformation

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So, Ah Beng, I believe it is really the Right who have a conformation bias here.
From the economist.com
Calmodulin binds to Myo5 and maintains it in a closed and inactive conformation.
From the nature.com
India's Patent Law is in conformation to the globally accepted Trips Agreement.
From the economist.com
Monitoring protein conformation along the pathway of chaperonin-assisted folding.
From the nature.com
I imagine it was quite tricky getting the conformation to match the 2D structure.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The easiest way is to contact your human resources department for conformation.
From the ideas.time.com
The extracellular domains of integrin are in low-affinity conformation for ligand.
From the nature.com
The open and closed conformation of the 150-loop and environmental change of H150.
From the nature.com
There's also the larger issue of conformation and interaction with receptor sites.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
More examples
  • A symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing
  • Shape: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"
  • Conformity: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"
  • In chemistry, conformational isomerism is a form of stereoisomerism in which the isomers can be interconverted exclusively by rotations about formally single bonds. ...
  • Conformation in dogs refers solely to the externally visible details of a dog's structure and appearance, as defined in detail by each dog breed's written breed standard. A dog that conforms to most of the items of description in its individual breed standard is said to have good conformation. ...
  • Equine conformation evaluates the degree of correctness of a horse's bone structure, musculature, and its body proportions in relation to each other. Undesirable conformation can limit the ability to perform a specific task. ...
  • The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity; The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement; The spatial arrangement of the atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a single bond
  • (Conformations) Varying progressive versions of a film that is in the editing stage.
  • The geometrical arrangement in polymers arising from rotation about adjacent carbon-carbon single bonds.