configured
Use the adjective configured to describe something that's organized in a very specific way, for a particular use. A classroom, for example, is configured for play and learning.
A modern zoo is configured so that animals have plenty of room to move around, and a baker's ideal kitchen is configured with space for kneading and rolling dough. When something's configured, it's arranged or set up to serve a purpose. The word comes from the verb configure, which is rooted in the Latin configurare, "to fashion after a pattern," from the stems con, "together," and figurare, "to shape."
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organized so as to give configuration to“a magnet is surrounded by a configured field”synonyms:organizedformed into a structured or coherent whole
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This fictionalized version of the experiences of the author's family focuses on four nameless Japanese American characters during World War II, when they were forced to relocate to internment camps.
When twelve-year-old Jeremy Barnes is asked by his mother to contact scientists to attend a global summit on a research ship, he accidentally invites not-the-marine-biologist Sidney Miller, who is looking for an adventure that's better than summer camp.