formation.
The act of assembling a group or structure.
Meaning & usage
The act of assembling a group or structure.
Something possessing structure or form.
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
A layer of rock of common origin.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English formacioun, formation, borrowed from Old French formacion, from Latin fōrmātiō, from fōrmō (“form”, verb); see form as verb. Morphologically form + -ation.
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