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 |
formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
shaving foam | toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving |
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 |
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 |
foam froth | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid, the beer had a thick head of foam |
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 |
foam | a lightweight material in cellular form, made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture |
foam rubber | spongy rubber, made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery |
polyfoam polyurethane foam | a foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics |
foam froth fizz effervesce sparkle form bubbles | become bubbly or frothy or foaming, The boiling soup was frothing, The river was foaming, Sparkling water |
foam at the mouth froth at the mouth | be in a state of uncontrolled anger |