Formate(n.) A salt of formic acid.
Formation(n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
Formation(n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
Formation(n.) A substance formed or deposited.
Formation(n.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
Formation(n.) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
Formation(n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
Formative(a.) Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
Formative(a.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
Formative(a.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
Formative(n.) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
Formative(n.) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
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