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

Inputed by Katherine

Examples

Typist: Stephanie

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