Formation



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解释

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• n. 组织, 形成; ( 军队) 编队
• ［英］ n. 组织, 形成 ( things that is formed)
• ［类］ array : numbers / formation : soldiers ( 数字排列形成矩阵 / 士兵排列形成列队)
• ［记］ form ( 形状) +ation -> 形成形式

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. an act of giving form or shape to something or of taking form ; development
• 2. something that is formed <new word formations>
• 3. the manner in which a thing is formed ; structure <the peculiar formation of the heart>
• 4. a major kind of plant growth (as forest, grassland, or tundra) characteristic of a broad ecological region
• 5.
  • a. any igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rock represented as a unit
  • b. any sedimentary bed or consecutive series of beds sufficiently homogeneous or distinctive to be a unit
• 6. an arrangement of a body or group of persons or things in some prescribed manner or for a particular purpose <flying in formation>

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