1. the shape or structure of something, especially an animal: "the judges run their hands over the dog's body and legs, checking its conformation"
▪ any of the spatial arrangements which the atoms in a molecule may adopt and freely convert between, especially by rotation about individual single bonds:"a change of DNA conformation induced by binding of RNA polymerase"
Word Originearly 16th century (in the sense ‘conforming, adaptation’): from Latin conformatio(n-), from conformare ‘to shape, fashion’ (see conform).