formatvie.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the shape and size of a book, periodical, etc.
2 the style or manner of an arrangement or procedure.
3 Computing a defined structure for holding data etc. in a record for processing or storage.

--v.

tr. (formatted, formatting)
1 arrange or put into a format.
2 Computing prepare (a storage medium) to receive data. [F f. G f. L formatus (liber) shaped (book), past part. of formare FORM]

formatvie.html - see FORMIC+ACID .

formatvie.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of forming; the process of being formed.
2 a thing formed.
3 a structure or arrangement of parts.
4 a particular arrangement, e.g. of troops, aircraft in flight, etc.
5 Geol. an assemblage of rocks or series of strata having some common characteristic.

formational adj. [ME f. OF formation or L formatio (as FORM)]

formatvie.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 serving to form or fashion; of formation.
2 Gram. (of a flexional or derivative suffix or prefix) used in forming words.

--n.

Gram. a formative element.

formatively adv. [ME f. OF formatif -ive or med.L formativus (as FORM)]

formatvie.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 used or done or held in accordance with rules, convention, or ceremony (formal dress; a formal occasion).
2 ceremonial; required by convention (a formal call).
3 precise or symmetrical (a formal garden).
4 prim or stiff in manner.
5 perfunctory, having the form without the spirit.
6 valid or correctly so called because of its form; explicit and definite (a formal agreement).
7 in accordance with recognized forms or rules.
8 of or concerned with (outward) form or appearance, esp. as distinct from content or matter.
9 Logic concerned with the form and not the matter of reasoning.
10 Philos. of the essence of a thing; essential not material.

--n.

US 1 evening dress.
2 an occasion on which evening dress is worn.

formally adv. formalness n. [ME f. L formalis (as FORM)]

formatvie.html - n.
a colourless pungent gas used as a disinfectant and preservative and in the manufacture of synthetic resins.

Chem. formula: CH[2]O. Also called METHANAL. [FORMIC (ACID) + ALDEHYDE]