Formation 1919028 216022374 2008-05-30T18:57:13Z 140.139.35.250 m {{wiktionary|formation}} '''Formation''' can refer to: * [[Aerobatic formation]], [[aerobatics]] performed with several aircraft * [[Formation (military)]], a high-level military organization * [[Formation (paper property)]], defining the fibre distribution within the paper sheet * [[Tactical formation]], the physical deployment of military forces * [[Formation (football)]], tactical formation in association football * [[Formation (American football)]], a set-up before the snap in American football * ''[[Formation (album)]]'', a music album by Kirk Fogg * [[Derivation (linguistics)]], the process of creating new lexemes from other lexemes * [[Back-formation]], a word formed from an erroneous reconstruction an original linguistic form from a form mistakenly thought to be derived from it. * [[Class formation]], an axiomatization of class field theory in mathematics * [[Offer and acceptance]], an analysis of contract formation in law * [[Geologic formation]], a formally named rock stratum or geological unit * A "cave formation" or [[speleothem]] * Forming a [[coalition government]], as performed by a [[formateur]] * [[Formation Records]], a record label {{disambig}} [[de:Formation]] [[eo:Formacio]] [[fr:Formation]] [[ja:フォーメーション]] [[sk:Formácia]]