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arrangement

noun/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/

What It Means

The act of arranging.

The manner of being arranged.

A collection of things that have been arranged.

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Arrangement in Context

“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...”

— 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist

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From French arrangement. Morphologically arrange + -ment.

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