Engelsk navneord: formation | |||
1. | formation (om gruppe) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A defensive formation. A formation of planes. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | arrangement | ||
Mere specifikke termer | backfield, center, flank, flight, head, line, line, military formation, rear, secondary, wing | ||
2. | formation (om handling) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | shaping | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing | ||
Mere specifikke termer | filing, forging, granulation, grooving, metalwork, metalworking, rifling, turning | ||
3. | formation (om handling) the act of forming or establishing something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The constitution of a PTA group last year. It was the establishment of his reputation. He still remembers the organization of the club. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | constitution, establishment, organisation, organization | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | beginning, commencement, start | ||
Mere specifikke termer | collectivisation, collectivization, colonisation, colonization, communisation, communization, federation, settlement, unionisation, unionization | ||
4. | formation (om ting) (geology) the geological features of the earth | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | geological formation | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | object, physical object | ||
Mere specifikke termer | aquifer, beach, cave, chain, chain of mountains, cliff, crater, delta, depression, diapir, drop, drop-off, elevation, folium, foreshore, fountain, groundwater level, ice mass, incline, lakefront, massif, mineral vein, monocline, mountain chain, mountain range, mouth, natural depression, natural elevation, natural spring, oceanfront, outflow, outpouring, range, range of mountains, relict, ridge, ridge, ridgeline, scree, shore, side, slope, spring, talus, vein, volcanic crater, wall, water level, water table | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Pillars of Hercules | ||
Overordnet emneområde | geology | ||
5. | formation (om genstand) a particular spatial arrangement | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | arrangement, placement | ||
Mere specifikke termer | raster, rig, rigging, split | ||
6. | formation (om proces) natural process that causes something to form | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The formation of gas in the intestine. The formation of crystals. The formation of pseudopods. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | action, activity, natural action, natural process | ||
Mere specifikke termer | encrustation, incrustation, reticulation | ||
7. | formation (om handling) creation by mental activity | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The formation of sentences. The formation of memories. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | creating by mental acts | ||
Mere specifikke termer | affixation | ||