arrangement
noun/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/
Etymology From French arrangement. Morphologically arrange + -ment.
7 senses
1
The act of arranging.
2
The manner of being arranged.
3
A collection of things that have been arranged.
4
A particular way in which items are organized.
- The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement.2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
5
In plural, Often Preparations for some undertaking.
6
An agreement.
7
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.
- Synonyms
- configuration, constitution
- Derived terms
- disarrangement, flower arrangement, individual voluntary arrangement, malarrangement, microarrangement, misarrangement, overarrangement, phyllotactic arrangement, prearrangement, rearrangement, re-arrangement, subarrangement, wheel arrangement
- Related terms
- arrange