Engelsk substantiv: 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 spesifikke uttrykk | arrangement | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | shaping | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | constitution, establishment, organisation, organization | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | beginning, commencement, start | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | collectivisation, collectivization, colonisation, colonization, communisation, communization, federation, settlement, unionisation, unionization | ||
4. | formation (om ting) (geology) the geological features of the earth | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | geological formation | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | object, physical object | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 mere spesifikke uttrykk | Pillars of Hercules | ||
Overordnet kategori | geology | ||
5. | formation (om gjenstand) a particular spatial arrangement | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | arrangement, placement | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | raster, rig, rigging, split | ||
6. | formation (om prosess) 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 spesifikke uttrykk | action, activity, natural action, natural process | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | encrustation, incrustation, reticulation | ||
7. | formation (om handling) creation by mental activity | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The formation of sentences. The formation of memories. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | creating by mental acts | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | affixation | ||