reconfiguration

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noun

A reconfigured state.

“This reconfiguration is much faster than the old setting.”

OriginEnglish configuration ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

nounreconfiguration (countable and uncountable, plural reconfigurations)

plural reconfigurations

  1. countableuncountableA reconfigured state.

    This reconfiguration is much faster than the old setting.

  2. countableuncountableThe act of reconfiguring.

    Reconfiguration will require a while, but then the new form will make the computer much faster.

    1 more example

    This involves the reconfiguration of the current track layout at the site, plus the extension of the North Shed and installation of overhead line equipment so that the new fleet can be easily tested.

    2022 March 23, Paul Stephen, “Network News: EMR begins work on £35m Etches Park improvements”, in RAIL, number 953, page 19

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishconfiguration
  7. Englishreconfiguration

From re- + configuration.

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Cite this entry
APA

reconfiguration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconfiguration

MLA

“reconfiguration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconfiguration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconfiguration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconfiguration.

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