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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Formation \For*ma"tion\, n. [L. formatio: cf. F. formation.]
     1. The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a
        shaping. --Beattie.
  
     2. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure;
        construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar
        formation of the heart.
  
     3. A substance formed or deposited.
  
     4. (Geol.)
        (a) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with
            reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation
            about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
        (b) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the
            Eocene formation.
  
     5. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a
        square, column, etc. --Farrow.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  formation
       n 1: an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a
            defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
       2: a particular spatial arrangement
       3: the fabrication of something in a particular shape [syn: {shaping}]
       4: 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" [syn: {constitution}, {establishment}, {organization},
           {organisation}]
       5: (geology) the geological features of the earth [syn: {geological
          formation}]
       6: natural process that causes something to form; "the
          formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of
          crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
       7: creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences";
          "the formation of memories"

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