Formation
[fɔː'meɪʃ(ə)n] or [fɔr'meʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape.
(noun.) creation by mental activity; 'the formation of sentences'; 'the formation of memories'.
(noun.) a particular spatial arrangement.
(noun.) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; 'a defensive formation'; 'a formation of planes'.
(noun.) natural process that causes something to form; 'the formation of gas in the intestine'; 'the formation of crystals'; 'the formation of pseudopods'.
Typist: Susan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
(n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
(n.) A substance formed or deposited.
(n.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
(n.) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
(n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
Checker: Salvatore
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Creation, production.
Typist: Nola
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shape, structure, construction
ANT:Deformity, malformation, dislocation, distortion
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Examples
- The results of th is would be the formation of a new species. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Several cases are on record of the same species presenting varieties in the upper and lower parts of the same formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Plasticity or the power to learn from experience means the formation of habits. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As they came up, still deep in the shadow of the pines, after dropping down from the high meadow into the wooden valley and climbing up it on a trail that paralleled the stream and then left it to gain, steeply, the top of a rim-rock formation, a man with a carbine stepped out from behind a tree. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was evident that subsequen tly to the formation of the basalt that portion of the coast containing the white stratum had been elevated. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The amount of organic change, as Pictet has remarked, is not the same in each successive so-called formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Nor will the closest inspection of a formation give us any idea of the length of time which its deposition may have consumed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The latter attempted to rush in and break up the formation, but it was like stopping a buzz saw with the bare hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They are generally sunk in valley plains and districts where the formation of the ground is such that that below the surface is bent into basin-shaped curves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Moreover, between each successive formation we have, in the opinion of most geologists, blank periods of enormous length. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Moreover, the formation is not only a formation of native activities, but it takes place through them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Next follow those that are constructed for twilight; and, last of all, those destined for total darkness, and whose formation is quite peculiar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The formation of mind is wholly a matter of the presentation of the proper educational materials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There was a formation of surface going on around her on an amazing scale, and it had not a flaw of courage or honest free speech in it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But intellectual growth means constant expansion of horizons and consequent formation of new purposes and new responses. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Some of these formations, which are represented in England by thin beds, are thousands of feet in thickness on the Continent. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Lyell has made similar observations on some of the later tertiary formations. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Yet if we compare any but the most closely related formations, all the species will be found to have undergone some change. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In reference to the last (volcanic ash combined with lime and r ubble to form a cement) Vitruvius writes in a way that indicates a discriminating knowledge of geological formations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Hence, it is probable that in some parts of the world whole formations have been completely denuded, with not a wreck left behind. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Evidently he was a chieftain, for in certain marching formations among the green men a chieftain brings up the extreme rear of the column. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The three passed and then came nine more, flying much higher in the minute, pointed formations of threes, threes and threes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The horizontal lines may represent successive geological formations, and all the forms beneath the uppermost line may be considered as extinct. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It would seem that each separate formation, like the whole pile of formations in any country, has generally been intermittent in its accumulation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- None of these massed infantry formations was flexible enough to stand a flank or rear attack. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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