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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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