planning, preparation, provision - the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"

collusion - secret agreement

prearrangement - something arranged in advance

group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

flower arrangement - a decorative arrangement of flowers

lash-up, contrivance - any improvised arrangement for temporary use

scaffold - a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers

array - an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order"

categorisation, categorization, classification - a group of people or things arranged by class or category

aestivation, estivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

tableau, tableau vivant - a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

venation - (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf

vernation - (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens

formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"

ordering, ordination, order - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"

classification system - a system for classifying things

contrivance - an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"

coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame, reference system - a system that uses coordinates to establish position

data structure - (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)

design, plan - an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"

distribution, statistical distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

genetic map - graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome

lattice - an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions

living arrangement - an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to co-exist

calendar - a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

formation - a particular spatial arrangement

spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"

columniation - (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure

composing, composition - the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"

fenestration - the arrangement of windows in a building

balance, proportion - harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin

alignment - the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

misalignment - the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned

ramification - an arrangement of branching parts

spatial arrangement, spacing - the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them

musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

orchestration - an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band

instrumentation - the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra

rearrangement - changing an arrangement

composing, composition - musical creation

orchestration, instrumentation - the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments

orchestration - an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign"