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Formation   /fɔrmˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Formation

noun
1.
An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.  "A formation of planes"
2.
The act of fabricating something in a particular shape.  Synonym: shaping.
3.
The act of forming or establishing something.  Synonyms: constitution, establishment, organisation, organization.  "It was the establishment of his reputation" , "He still remembers the organization of the club"
4.
(geology) the geological features of the earth.  Synonym: geological formation.
5.
A particular spatial arrangement.
6.
Natural process that causes something to form.  "The formation of crystals" , "The formation of pseudopods"
7.
Creation by mental activity.  "The formation of memories"



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"Formation" Quotes from Famous Books



... supreme power. He lavished vast sums on games and public buildings, won splendid victories in Gaul, Egypt, Pontus, and Africa, and was the idol of the common people. But the jealousy of many of the aristocrats led to the formation of a plot, and on March 15, 44 B.C., Caesar was assassinated in the Senate House. This summary relates to the commentaries known to be by Caesar himself, certain other books having been added by other Latin writers. ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI. • Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
... The geological formation of Central Africa is primitive; showing an altitude above the sea-level averaging nearly 4,000 feet. This elevated portion of the globe, built up in great part of granitic sandstone rocks, has never been submerged, nor does it appear to have undergone any changes, either volcanic ...
— The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile • Sir Samuel White Baker
... zoophytes, curious fish, sponges, shells, coral, and a hundred other things, all in such perfection and orderly wildness that no artificial aquarium can ever hope to present, for they are made by hands, and can never vie with Nature in the formation of the wild and picturesque aspect of ...
— Jethou - or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles • E. R. Suffling
... used in the formation of pastilles, and also enters into the composition known as Eau a Bruler, for perfuming ...
— The Art of Perfumery - And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants • G. W. Septimus Piesse
... desolate range of barren hills and threw into sharp relief the black shadows which marked the deep gulches, cutting the otherwise smoothly rounded surfaces of the strange formation. ...
— The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings • Margaret Burnham


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