"formation" Definition

Definitions for the word "formation" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A substance formed or deposited.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 forming. 2 thing formed. 3 particular arrangement (e.g. Of troops). 4 rocks or strata with a common characteristic. [latin: related to *form]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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