'Formation' definitions:
Definition of 'formation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
noun
The act of fabricating something in a particular shape [syn: formation, shaping]
noun
The act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" [syn: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation]
noun
(geology) the geological features of the earth [syn: geological formation, formation]
noun
A particular spatial arrangement
noun
Natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
noun
Creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
Definition of 'Formation'
From: GCIDE
- Formation \For*ma"tion\ (f[o^]r*m[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. formatio: cf. F. formation.]
- 1. The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A substance formed or deposited. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Geol.) (a) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations. (b) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'formation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumulation,
- acronym,
- acrostic,
- aesthetic form,
- allocation,
- allotment,
- anatomy,
- appearance,
- apportionment,
- archetype,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- array,
- arraying,
- art form,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- avyayibhava,
- back formation,
- build,
- building,
- buildup,
- cast,
- casting,
- clipped word,
- close formation,
- collation,
- collocation,
- combination,
- composition,
- compound,
- concord,
- configuration,
- conformation,
- conjugate,
- constitution,
- construction,
- conversion,
- crafting,
- craftsmanship,
- creation,
- crystallization,
- cultivation,
- cut,
- deployment,
- design,
- development,
- devising,
- display,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- distribution,
- dvandva,
- dvigu,
- echelon,
- effectuation,
- efformation,
- elaboration,
- embodiment,
- endocentric compound,
- erection,
- establishment,
- exocentric compound,
- extraction,
- fabric,
- fabrication,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- figuration,
- figure,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation flying,
- formature,
- forming,
- formulation,
- foundation,
- founding,
- frame,
- framing,
- generation,
- genesis,
- genre,
- getup,
- grouping,
- growing,
- handicraft,
- handiwork,
- harmony,
- harvesting,
- impression,
- inauguration,
- inception,
- incorporation,
- inner form,
- installation,
- institution,
- junction,
- layout,
- lineup,
- machining,
- make,
- makeup,
- making,
- manufacture,
- manufacturing,
- marshaling,
- materialization,
- matrix,
- milling,
- mining,
- mixture,
- modality,
- mode,
- model,
- modeling,
- mold,
- molding,
- morphogenesis,
- morphogeny,
- order,
- ordering,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- organizing,
- paronym,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- peace,
- physique,
- piecing together,
- placement,
- plan,
- Platonic form,
- Platonic idea,
- prefabrication,
- preparation,
- processing,
- producing,
- production,
- proportion,
- prototype,
- putting together,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- raising,
- realization,
- refining,
- regimentation,
- regularity,
- routine,
- sculpture,
- set,
- set-up,
- setting-up,
- setup,
- shape,
- shaping,
- significant form,
- smelting,
- spoonerism,
- stamp,
- structure,
- structuring,
- style,
- symmetry,
- syneresis,
- syntax,
- synthesis,
- system,
- tatpurusha,
- tectonics,
- texture,
- tissue,
- tranquillity,
- turn,
- type,
- uniformity,
- warp and woof,
- weave,
- web,
- word form,
- workmanship
Words containing 'Formation'
- Format,
- Formate,
- Formative,
- formatting,
- Carboniferous formation,
- Chalk formation,
- Cretaceous formation,
- Spore formation,
- Tertiary formation,
- calque formation,
- cell formation,
- data format,
- data formatting,
- formative cell,
- formatted capacity,
- geological formation,
- heat of formation,
- military formation,
- pair formation,
- reaction formation,
- reticular formation,
- word formation,
- Re-formation,
- back-formation,
- high-level formatting,
- low-level formatting