2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Formation \For*ma"tion\, n. [L. formatio: cf F. formation.]
1. The act of giving form or shape to anything a forming; a
shaping. --Beattie.
2. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure;
construction; conformation; form as the peculiar
formation of the heart.
3. A substance formed or deposited.
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.
5. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a
square, column, etc --Farrow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
formation
n 1: an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
2: the fabrication of something in a particular shape [syn: {shaping}]
3: the act of forming something "the constitution of a PTA
group"; "he still remembers the establishment of the
hospital" [syn: {constitution}, {establishment}, {organization},
{organisation}]
4: the geological features of the earth [syn: {geological
formation}, {geology}]
5: a particular arrangement
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