Definition of formation

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Formation (n.) A substance formed or deposited.

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Efformation :: Efformation (n.) The act of giving shape or form.
Maleformation :: Maleformation (n.) See Malformation.
Formation :: Formation (n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart..
Croupous :: Croupous (a.) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis..
Protoplasmic :: Protoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to the first formation of living bodies.
Preformation :: Preformation (n.) An old theory of the preexistence of germs. Cf. Embo/tement.
Cicatrizant :: Cicatrizant (n.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix..
Rejuvenescence :: Rejuvenescence (n.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc..
Glucoside :: Glucoside (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the natur
Know :: Know (v. i.) To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information..
Terrane :: Terrane (n.) A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively..
Know :: Know (v. i.) To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.
Permian :: Permian (a.) Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era..
Light :: Light (n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.
Embryology :: Embryology (n.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.
Neuropteris :: Neuropteris (n.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation..
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge..
Unreformation :: Unreformation (n.) Want of reformation; state of being unreformed.
Chondrification :: Chondrification (n.) Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage..
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