constitution
establishment
formation organization organisation | the act of forming or establishing something, the constitution of a PTA group last year, it was the establishment of his reputation, he still remembers the organization of the club |
re-formation
regeneration | forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects), renewing and reconstituting |
formation
shaping | the act of fabricating something in a particular shape |
| formation | creation by mental activity, the formation of sentences, the formation of memories |
serrated wrack
Fucus serratus
tang | brown algae seaweed with serrated edges |
deckle edge
deckle | rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper |
| edge | a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object, he rounded the edges of the box |
| edge | the outside limit of an object or area or surface, a place farthest away from the center of something, the edge of the leaf is wavy, she sat on the edge of the bed, the water's edge |
| edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) |
fore edge
foredge | the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved, the part opposite the spine |
| formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
knife edge
cutting edge | the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife |
| leading edge | forward edge of an airfoil |
| razor edge | an edge that is as sharp as the cutting side of a razor |
| serration | a single notch in a row of notches, one of the serrations was broken off |
| trailing edge | the rear edge of an airfoil |
| knife-edge | a narrow boundary, he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity |
| edge | a slight competitive advantage, he had an edge on the competition |
| edge sharpness | the attribute of urgency in tone of voice, his voice had an edge to it |
reticular formation
RF | a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem, monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone |
vanguard
forefront
cutting edge | the position of greatest importance or advancement, the leading position in any movement or field, the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England, the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy |
| back-formation | a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it |
calque
calque formation
loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
| formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit, a defensive formation, a formation of planes |
| military formation | a formation of troops |
| serration | a row of notches, the pliers had serrations to improve the grip |
edge
border | the boundary of a surface |
geological formation
formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
| heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
| formation | natural process that causes something to form, the formation of gas in the intestine, the formation of crystals, the formation of pseudopods |
pair production
pair creation
pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
| reaction formation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them, his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive |
boundary
edge
bound | a line determining the limits of an area |
| serration | the condition of being serrated, the serrations of a city skyline |
| edge | provide with an edge, edge a blade |
border
adjoin edge
abut
march
butt butt against
butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary, Canada adjoins the U.S., England marches with Scotland |
edge in
edge up | push one's way into (a space) |
edge
inch | advance slowly, as if by inches, He edged towards the car |
border
edge | provide with a border or edge, edge the tablecloth with embroidery |
up-to-date
cutting-edge
with-it | in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style, wears only the latest style, the last thing in swimwear, cutting-edge technology, a with-it boutique |
serrate
serrated
saw-toothed
toothed notched | notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex |