Definition of Formation

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Formation

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.

A substance formed or deposited.

Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.

A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.

The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.

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Formation Quotations

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
Aristotle

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
John Dewey

Education has for its object the formation of character.
Herbert Spencer

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.
Thomas Huxley

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.
John C. Calhoun

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.
Joseph Goebbels

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.
Thornton Wilder

I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.
Muhammad Iqbal

This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.
Edward Thorndike

Formation Translations

formation in French is ajustement, formation
formation in German is Gliederung, Gestaltung, Gestaltung
formation in Italian is cultura, origine
formation in Norwegian is danning, formasjon
formation in Swedish is gruppering, bildning

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