Definition of configuration. 1 a : relative arrangement of parts or elements: such as. (1) : shape. (2) : contour of land configuration of the mountains. (3) : functional arrangement a small business computer system in its simplest configuration.

the particular arrangement of the parts of something or of a group of things: The two-lane configuration of the road leads to congestion. (Definition of configuration from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)