formation

n. forming, making; structure, arrangement; configuration; configuration of troops (Military); creation, establishment

Formation can refer to:Aerobatic formation, aerobatics performed with several aircraftFormation (military), a high-level military organizationFormation (paper property), defining the fibre distribution within the paper sheetTactical formation, the physical deployment of military forcesFormation (football), tactical formation in association footballFormation (American football), a set-up before the snap in American footballFormation (album), a music album by Kirk FoggDerivation (linguistics), the process of creating new lexemes from other lexemesBack-formation, a word formed from an erroneous reconstruction an original linguistic form from a form mistakenly thought to be derived from it.Class formation, an axiomatization of class field theory in mathematicsOffer and acceptance, an analysis of contract formation in law Geologic formation, a formally named rock stratum or geological unitForming a coalition government, as performed by a formateurFormation Records, a record label
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Noun
1. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
(hypernym) arrangement
(hyponym) flight
(derivation) form, organize, organise
2. a particular spatial arrangement
(hypernym) placement, arrangement
(hyponym) raster
(derivation) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
3. the fabrication of something in a particular shape
(synonym) shaping
(hypernym) fabrication, manufacture
(hyponym) filing
(derivation) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
4. the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
(synonym) constitution, establishment, organization, organisation
(hypernym) beginning, start, commencement
(hyponym) unionization, unionisation
(derivation) form, organize, organise
5. (geology) the geological features of the earth
(synonym) geological formation
(hypernym) natural object
(hyponym) aquifer
(classification) geology
6. natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
(hypernym) natural process, natural action, action, activity
(hyponym) incrustation, encrustation
7. creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
(hypernym) creating by mental acts
(hyponym) affixation
(derivation) form, take form, take shape, spring

n. configuration, formation, arrangement of elements

n. formation, forming; training, molding; education, traineeship; grounding, development