formation

formation has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
• n.. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
• n.. A substance formed or deposited.
• n.. Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
• n.. A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
• n.. The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
• n.. the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
• n.. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
• n.. creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
• n.. a particular spatial arrangement
• n.. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
• n.. (geology) the geological features of the earth