Definition of formation

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Formation (n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Encystment :: Encystment (n.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc..
Farse :: Farse (n.) An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation..
Sivatherium :: Sivatherium (n.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species..
Chylification :: Chylification (n.) The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.
Malconformation :: Malconformation (n.) Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts..
Transmogrification :: Transmogrification (n.) The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation..
Isagelous :: Isagelous (a.) Containing the same information; as, isagelous sentences..
Learn :: Learn (v. t.) To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something..
Compsognathus :: Compsognathus (n.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features..
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge..
Zaphrentis :: Zaphrentis (n.) An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup..
Flag :: Flag (n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag..
Cicatrize :: Cicatrize (v. t.) To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh..
Warn :: Warn (v. t.) To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house..
Colonization :: Colonization (n.) The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies..
Sporule :: Sporulation (n.) The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, b..
Tout :: Tout (n.) One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting..
Xiphodon :: Xiphodon (n.) An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet, and small canine teeth..
Lithiasis :: Lithiasis (n.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages..
Modeling :: Modeling (n.) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form..
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