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Formation

The act or process of forming something or of taking form.

Training

Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or fitness that relate to specific useful competencies. Training has specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity, productivity and performance.

Formation

Something formed
Beautiful cloud formations.

Training

The process or routine of one who trains.

Formation

The manner or style in which something is formed; structure
The distinctive formation of the human eye.
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Training

The state of being trained.

Formation

A specified arrangement or deployment, as of aircraft, troops, or players on a sports team.

Training

Present participle of train

Formation

(Geology) A primary unit in the mapping of rock strata, consisting of a set of contemporaneous rocks having the same characteristics and origin.

Training

Action of the verb to train. en
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Formation

The act of assembling a group or structure. 14

Training

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

Formation

Something possessing structure or form. 17

Training

The result of good social upbringing.

Formation

The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. 18

Training

(computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.

Formation

(military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. 18

Training

(voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.

Formation

(geology) A layer of rock of common origin. 19

Training

The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.

Formation

(military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".

Training

Activity leading to skilled behavior

Formation

(sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.

Training

The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior);
A woman of breeding and refinement

Formation

The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.

Formation

(category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.

Formation

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

Formation

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

Formation

A substance formed or deposited.

Formation

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

Formation

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

Formation

An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit;
A defensive formation
A formation of planes

Formation

A particular spatial arrangement

Formation

The fabrication of something in a particular shape

Formation

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

Formation

(geology) the geological features of the earth

Formation

Natural process that causes something to form;
The formation of gas in the intestine
The formation of crystals
The formation of pseudopods

Formation

Creation by mental activity;
The formation of sentences
The formation of memories

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