any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
The spatial determinants of the atoms within a molecule, for example, the 3-D shape of a protein
A molecular geometry that differs from other geometries chiefly by rotation about single or triple bonds; distinct conformations (termed con formers) are associated with distinct °potential wells Typical biomolecules and products of organic synthesis can interconvert among many conformations; typical °diamondoid structures are locked into a single potential well, and thus lack conformational flexibility