configuration vs skeleton

configuration

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. 

  • 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. 

skeleton

noun
  • The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure. 

  • A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub. 

  • The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. 

  • The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively. 

  • A very thin person. 

  • A frame that provides support to a building or other construction. 

  • The network of veins in a leaf. 

  • A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first. 

  • A very thin form of light-faced type. 

  • Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials. 

  • An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. 

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