n. The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Ordering; coördination; specifically, in the fine arts, the proper disposition of figures in a picture, or of the parts of a building, or of any work of art; ordinance.
n. An ordinance; a law.
Word Usage
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