formation
Pronunciation: /fɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
The English word “formation” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
Etymology
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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