Definition of formation

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Formation (n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart..

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Osteogenetic :: Osteogenetic (a.) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum..
Dentation :: Dentation (n.) Formation of teeth; toothed form.
Indication :: Indication (n.) Discovery made; information.
Generation :: Generation (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc..
Tillodontia :: Tillodontia (n. pl.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta..
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..
Dyas :: Dyas (n.) A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, there consisting of two principal groups..
Ordovician :: Ordovician (n.) The Ordovician formation.
Programma :: Programma (n.) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
Differentiation :: Differentiation (n.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes..
Testify :: Testify (v. i.) To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..
Report :: Report (v. i.) To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information..
Paraschematic :: Paraschematic (a.) Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in the formation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender, etc..
Reform :: Reform (n.) Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government..
Accrementition :: Accrementition (n.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds..
Word :: Word (n.) Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind..
Turlupin :: Turlupin (n.) One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc..
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