the shape or structure of something, especially an animal (尤指动物的)外形;形态;构造,结构 ■(Chemistry)any of the spatial arrangements which the atoms in a molecule may adopt and freely convert between, especially by rotation about individual single bonds (化)构象。 比较configuration
派生 conformational adjective 语源
early 16th cent. (in the sense 'conforming, adaptation'): from Latin conformatio(n-), from conformare 'to shape, fashion' (see conform)