Thesaurus: formation

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1. n. The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
2. n. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
3. n. A substance formed or deposited.
4. n. Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
5. n. A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
6. n. The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
7. n. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
8. n. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
9. n. the act of forming or establishing something
10. n. (geology) the geological features of the earth
11. n. a particular spatial arrangement
12. n. natural process that causes something to form