The formation of something is the starting or creation of it. the formation of a new government. = creation
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation
A rock or cloud formation is rock or cloud of a particular shape or structure. a vast rock formation shaped like a pillar Enormous cloud formations formed a purple mass
the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
The formation of a special district This change is analogous to a city incorporation Special Districts come into exsistence because people identify the need for a specific service and decide that a special district would be the most effective provider Dissolution of a special district parallels the disincorporation of a city and no longer has corporate powers
A body of rock identified by physical characteristics and stratigraphic position and mappable at the earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface The formation is the fundamental unit in lithostratigraphic classification Formations can be subdivided into members or lumped together into groups
A body of rock both large enough to be mapped and distinct from surrounding rock Usually takes its name from a geographic feature in the area where it is exposed on the surface (the Saganaga Batholith, for example)
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
the ordinary unit of geologic mapping consisting of a large and persistent stratum of rock
In geology, the fundamental unit in rock stratigraphic classification, consisting of a distinctive mappable body of rock Geology Ref WM
Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations
a formation is a being which is produced by an Emanation, by means of the matter is can dispose of It may happen that an Emanator uses the best of its matter to divert itself from the hostile, without succeeding to do this: the Tradition offers many examples (see notably the chapters 3 and 9) The formation is an individual being independent of its Maker