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formation
  • n  an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
    a defensive formation
    a formation of planes
  • n  the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
  • n  the act of forming or establishing something
  • n  (geology) the geological features of the earth
  • n  a particular spatial arrangement
  • n  natural process that causes something to form
    the formation of gas in the intestine
    the formation of crystals
    the formation of pseudopods
  • n  creation by mental activity
    the formation of sentences
    the formation of memories
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formatted capacity
  • n  (computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk
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formatting
  • n  the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
  • v  set (printed matter) into a specific format
  • v  determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
  • v  divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
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former armed forces
  • n  a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
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