configural
- adjective
- /kənˈfɪɡjərəl/
- Specialized
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configural
- The researcher emphasized the importance of configural organization in understanding how different parts of an ecosystem interact with one another.
- configural analysis
Examples
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Configural processing is thought to be superior to featural processing.
Academic text (2004) -
Rhodes et al. (1989) posited that inverting a face disrupts configural processing more for same-race faces.
Academic text (2004) -
Other symptoms included configural association failure and foreign accent syndrome, though most of the evidence is highly anecdotal.
Fiction book (2001) -
This suggests that smiles may be differentiated on the basis of subtle configural changes that influence interpretation and response.
Academic text (2015) -
Complimentary exceptional profiles can offer the necessary configural basis and statistical control needed for diagnostic decision-making.
Academic text (1999) -
The configural expertise hypothesis posits that members of another race constitute a relatively novel stimulus class.
Academic text (2004) -
As Xie et al. (1999) indicated, the complex developmental relationships among these factors may best be uncovered by configural analysis.
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Given that no decrement in performance is evident, this suggests that the configural aspects of the other-race faces are not taken advantage of when the faces are processed.
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Information from research using configural analysis could enhance our assessment strategies by identifying subtypes of students with EBD and examining their relative risk for later EBD.
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By their nature, profiles have two primary qualities: level, referring to the profile's general position toward the upper, central, or lower portion of the ability continuum, and shape, indicating the configural pattern of peaks and valleys across subtests.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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4.2
The parts of a building or object that keep it strong and standing
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7.9
Relating to the shape and arrangement of parts of a molecule or object
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9.0
The way parts are arranged to form a structure, like a molecule or building
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Configural comes from parts that mean con- 'together' and figure 'shape', and you can see the same root in figure and configure. So, something configural is about how parts are put together to make a shape or whole, which is why we use it for faces, designs, or sentence structure.