formation
The act of assembling a group or structure. 14
Other meanings
Something possessing structure or form. 17
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. 18
Related words
- A formation
- back-formation
- back formation
- Christmas tree formation
- trips formation
- electroformation
- formational
- formation exposure time
- formation lap
- formation rule
- formation water
- free cell formation
Word history
From Latin "fōrmātiō".
Where this comes from
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