formation
nounEtymology
From Middle English formacioun, formation, borrowed from Old French formacion, from Latin fōrmātiō, from fōrmō (“form”, verb); see form as verb. Morphologically form + -ation.
- derived from fōrmātiō
- derived from formacion
- inherited from formacioun
Definitions
The act of assembling a group or structure.
- Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.
Something possessing structure or form.
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
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A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade,…
A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
A layer of rock of common origin.
- Over a broad region, the color of a formation may change.
An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or…
An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- N'Golo Kanté embodies both sides of this, a player whose early scratchiness was soothed with glorious results in the new 3-4-3 formation, allowed simply to be his best, most wonderfully mobile, diligent, destructive self.
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular…
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category,…
A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
The neighborhood
- neighborform
- neighborgeologic formation
- neighbormass formation
Derived
A formation, back-formation, back formation, Christmas tree formation, electroformation, formational, formation exposure time, formation lap, formation rule, formation water, free cell formation, geoformation, gust formation time, I formation, loan formation, malformation, microformation, misformation, missing man formation, neoformation, nonformation, osteoformation, pattern formation, postformation, preformation, progressive longways formation, re-formation, reticular formation, rock formation, subformation, T formation, trips formation, unformation, word formation
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at formation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at formation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at formation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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