noun. The act or process of forming something or of taking form.

noun. Something formed.

noun. The manner or style in which something is formed; structure.

noun. A specified arrangement or deployment, as of aircraft, troops, or players on a sports team.

noun. A primary unit in the mapping of rock strata, consisting of a set of contemporaneous rocks having the same characteristics and origin.

noun. The act or process of forming or making; the operation of composing by the union of materials or elements, or of shaping and giving form; a putting or coming into form: as, the formation of a state or constitution; the formation of ideas or of character.

noun. Disposition of parts or elements; formal structure or arrangement; conformation; configuration: as, the peculiar formation of the heart; a formation of troops in columns, squares, etc.

noun. That which is formed; anything considered as to its form, structure, or arrangement: as, the formation consisted of a mass of incongruous materials. Specifically

noun. In geology, properly, a group or assemblage of rocks, whether stratified or unstratified, having a similar origin or some common physical character.

noun. In the classification of rock-masses as adopted by the United States Geological Survey for cartographic purposes, the cartographic unit, or usually the ultimate rock body separately named and mapped.

noun. In œcol., a plant society or association. See the extract and plant formation.

noun. The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

noun. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form.

noun. A substance formed or deposited.

noun. undefined

noun. Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin

noun. A group of beds of the same age or period.

noun. The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.

noun. Something possessing structure or form.

noun. The act of assembling a group or structure.

noun. A rock or face of a mountain.

noun. A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.

noun. An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".

noun. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.

noun. a particular spatial arrangement

noun. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

noun. creation by mental activity

noun. the act of forming or establishing something

noun. natural process that causes something to form

noun. (geology) the geological features of the earth

noun. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

"Another way of attacking two-seater machines that we use in formation is for three men to go out to try to get at a machine."

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