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Meaning of formation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  formation
      n 1: an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a
           defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
      2: the act of fabricating something in a particular shape [syn:
         {formation}, {shaping}]
      3: the act of forming or establishing something; "the
         constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the
         establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the
         organization of the club" [syn: {constitution},
         {establishment}, {formation}, {organization}, {organisation}]
      4: (geology) the geological features of the earth [syn:
         {geological formation}, {formation}]
      5: a particular spatial arrangement
      6: natural process that causes something to form; "the formation
         of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the
         formation of pseudopods"
      7: creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences";
         "the formation of memories"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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