n. A setting in order; a disposing, placing, or arranging; arrangement of parts; distribution: as, the disposition of the infantry and cavalry of an army; the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice, or of figures in painting; the disposition of tones in a chord, or of parts in a score.n. Disposal; plan or arrangement for the disposal, distribution, or alienation of something; definite settlement with regard to some matter; ultimate destination: as, he has made a good disposition of his property; what disposition do you intend to make of this picture?n. In architecture, the arrangement of the whole design by means of ichnography (plan), orthography (section and elevation), and scenography (perspective view). It differs from distribution, which signifies the particular arrangement of the internal parts of a building.n. Guidance; control; order; command; decree: as, the dispositions of the statute.n. Aptitude; inclination; tendency; readiness to take on any character or habit: said of things animate or inanimate, but especially of an emotional tendency or mood.n. Natural tendency or constitution of the mind; intellectual and moral bent; innate temper: as, an amiable or an irritable disposition.n. In Scots law, a unilateral deed of alienation, by which a right to property, especially heritable property, is conveyed.n. Health; bodily well-being.n. Maintenance; allowance.n. Synonyms andn. Adjustment, regulation, bestowment, classification, grouping, ordering.n. 5 and Inclination, Tendency, etc. See bent.n. Specifically, in organ-building: the plan or specification in accordance with which the whole instrument is builtn. the arrangement of the visible parts of the instrument, as of the display-pipes, the case, the desk or console, the stops, etc.