Formation

What do we mean by formation?

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

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

Something possessing structure or form.

The act of assembling a group or structure.

The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

A rock or face of a mountain.

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

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.

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, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.

Words that are spelled similarly to formation:
formation, information, formative, reformation, formulation, oration, deformation, formalin, moration, dormition, foliation, formication, furcation, feriation, orbation, roration, efformation, friation, sortation, formations, hortation, fortition, floriation, formato, foetation, i formation, foveation, i-formation, v formation, t formation.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word formation:
geologic, preserves, fossils, ordovician, carboniferous, devonian, silurian, mesozoic, permian, cretaceous, triassic, jurassic, dating, dinosaur, sedimentary, cambrian, shale, strata, sandstone, deposited, fossil, geological, limestone, alert, beds, specimen, deposits, rocks, basin, volcanic, crater, period, wyoming, ago, layers, montana, alberta, recovered, thick, back, proteins, brigade, layer, territorial.

Words that rhyme with formation:
communication, information, operation, education, implication, station, innovation, organization, application, foundation, consideration, accommodation, association, relation, connotation, aberration, corporation, aspiration, orientation, remuneration, consternation, correlation, alliteration, administration, trepidation, obligation, discrimination, generation, reconciliation, inspiration, situation, revelation, evaluation, determination, civilization, nation, vacation, collaboration, radiation, motivation, integration, abomination, precipitation, appreciation, gentrification, dissertation, collocation, designation, interpretation, compensation, ramification, conversation, configuration, proliferation, expectation, manifestation, indignation, litigation, cooperation, notation, inclination, pronunciation, anticipation, deviation, implementation, approbation, sensation, altercation, constellation, affirmation, remediation, reputation, transportation, vocation, obfuscation, representation, medication, transformation, translation, conservation, adaptation, presentation, population, conflagration, reservation, dedication, citation, salvation, rehabilitation, location, meditation, preparation, observation, segregation, articulation, variation, abbreviation, quotation, edification, mitigation.

Adjectives that are often used to describe formation:
reticular, new, complex, social, hippocampal, geological, gross, subsequent, cyst, crystal, rapid, scar, initial, secondary, tumor, radical, close, excessive, domestic, spiritual, spore, extensive, cultural, gradual, word, induced, spontaneous, callus, acid, discursive, periosteal, peculiar, like, rosette, net, tight, abscess, intermediate, racial, cell, state, subject, abnormal, bearing, defective, osteophyte, intellectual, void, coral, consequent, fixed, scale, concept, volcanic, aggregate, cyclic, tertiary, dependent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective formation:
level, mark, emploi, colleges, temperature, the, reactions, work, water, suite.

Words that sound like formation:
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