formation

[fɔːrˈmeɪʃn]

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.

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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.