formation

Definition:
1. An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.
2. A particular spatial arrangement.
3. The fabrication of something in a particular shape.
4. The act of forming something.

Use 'formation' in a sentence:

• 1. Homogeneous mixing and moistening without the formation of agglomerations or wet spots.
• 2. New word formations have not regularity.
• 3. On certain sites, particularly in South America, savanna formation seems related to frequent cutting and burning of moist forests for pastureland.
• 4. Remember when we talked about star formation, we said that as a star ages, it becomes brighter, right?
• 5. School life has a great influence on the formation of a child's character.
• 6. The formation of the isthmus had important consequences for global patterns of ocean water flow.
• 7. Different species have different influences on soil formation and soil properties.
• 8. The first chapter researchs archaeologically the formation and characters of English common law.
• 9. Volcanoes today are the result of gases that were trapped in Earth's interior during the planet's early stages of formation.
• 10. This is the formation of a new government.
• 11. The structure of and rock extremly complex in the discordance formation system in Karst area.
• 12. Flower-bud formation may be affected adversely.
• 13. Recombinant human augmenter of liver regeneration may prevent the formation of immuno complex induced liver fibrosis.
• 14. It remains to be seen how weather conditions affect the air flows that make formation flight more efficient.
• 15. Yet on these and similar formations in deserts around the world, a few fierce plants have adapted to endure under ever-changing conditions.
• 16. The formation of national character interests me.
• 17. Whatever the reason for mountain formation, as soon as land rises above sea level it is subjected to destructive forces.
• 18. There is no evidence for such an interacting communicative network in a climax plant formation.
• 19. The virtual anode formation time and propagation velocity at different pressure with different apertures are investigated.
• 20. According to the study, two factors were important for lake formation in the Empty Quarter: first the rains that fell there were torrential.
• 21. Scientists do not know exactly how this process prevents ice crystal formation.
• 22. The third fossil formation containing both soft-bodied and hard-bodied animals provides evidence of the result of the Cambrian explosion.
• 23. No very satisfactory account of the mechanism that caused the formation of the ocean basins has yet been given.
• 24. The Ogallala aquifer is a sandstone formation that underlies some 583,000 square kilometers of land extending from northwestern Texas to southern South Dakota.
• 25. There are all kinds of strange stone formations in the seven-star cave.
• 26. The effect of coalescent, formation temperature, formation time on latex coatings wet-abrasion property was discussed.
• 27. In these areas, rainfall per month exceeds that in the above definition, so other factors must contribute to savanna formation.
• 28. The aircraft are flying in formation.
• 29. Olive oil slightly decreased the PhIP formation, but it was nearly negligible.
• 30. The troops lined up in parade formation.
• 31. Coalescent may help film formation process and improve filming properties.
• 32. The dancers step into a formation which represents the human being.
• 33. Shangzhou was an important period for the formation and development of theocracy.
• 34. Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls.
• 35. One step in its formation on Earth involves microorganisms; they actually speed up the formation of jarosite dramatically.
• 36. My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and temperament.
• 37. Kinetin was later shown to be inhibitory for embryoid formation.
• 38. A slightly younger fossil formation containing animal remains is the Tommotian formation, named after a locale in Russia.
• 39. So when I went through the data, I had very surprising results, because I found that four out of the five marinating ingredients actually inhibited the carcinogen formation.
• 40. Nicknamed the Southern Pinwheel, M83 is undergoing more rapid star formation than our own Milky Way galaxy, especially in its nucleus.
• 41. The Burgess Shale formation also has fossils of many extinct representatives of modern animal groups.
• 42. Even living things contribute to the formation of landscapes.
• 43. Erosion of gently dipping strata commonly results in the formation of asymmetrical ridges known as cuestas.
• 44. Destruction of old material and formation of new material are thus in permanent dynamic equilibrium.
• 45. The main thrust of the research will be the study of the early Universe and galaxy formation.
• 46. Nahuatl, like Greek and German, is a language that allows the formation of extensive compounds.
• 47. The formation of the channel is initiated when electrons surge from the cloud base toward the ground.
• 48. Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations.
• 49. That's key to understanding planet formation.
• 50. He was flying in formation with seven other jets.
• 51. Capitalist social formations reflect the interaction, or articulation, of different modes of production.
• 52. Enormous cloud formations formed a purple mass.
• 53. In the case of Lymnaea peregra, studies indicate that a dextral gene is expressed during egg formation.
• 54. This spongy tissue serves as a source of calcium for eggshell formation.
• 55. A laser thunder factory could shake the moisture out of clouds, perhaps preventing the formation of the giant hailstones that threaten crops.
• 56. The team usually plays in a 4-4-2 formation.
• 57. The particles interfere with the formation of carbon-14 on earth.
• 58. The Prime Minister resigned today, clearing the way for the formation of a new government.