FORMATION
\fɔːmˈe͡ɪʃən], \fɔːmˈeɪʃən], \f_ɔː_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of FORMATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the fabrication of something in a particular shape
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creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
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a particular spatial arrangement
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an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
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(geology) the geological features of the earth
By Princeton University
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the fabrication of something in a particular shape
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creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
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a particular spatial arrangement
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an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
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the geological features of the earth
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
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The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
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Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
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A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
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The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
By Oddity Software
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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
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The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
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Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
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A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
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The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of forming or making; the act of creating or causing to exist; the operation of composing, by bringing materials together, or of shaping and giving form; generation; production; as, the formation of the earth; the formation of a state or constitution; the formation of ideas: the manner in which a thing is formed; as, the peculiar formation of the heart: in geol. any series of rocks referred to a common origin or period, whether they consist of the same or different materials. Geological strata are divided into certain groups of one era of deposition, sometimes of very dissimilar mineralogical character, but inclosing the same fossil species; as, the Carboniferous, Oolitic, Cretaceous, Silurian, Laurentian, etc., formations; (milit) an arrangement of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of forming or making; generation; production; the manner in which a thing is formed; structure; arrangement; a group of strata connected together by community of age, origin, or composition.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The act or manner of forming; generation or production; in geol., any assemblage of rocks which have some characters in common.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of giving form or shape to; the act of giving being to;—manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction;—the series of rocks belonging to an age, period, or epoch, which may include many strata;—an arrangement of troops, as in a square, column, &c.
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