Formation and Grounding

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Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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Grounding and formation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grounding" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

Grounding noun - Education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge.

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Formation and grounding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Grounding".

Nearby Words: ground, grounded, groundwork, groundling

The effects of the storm were enhanced by the fact that Quebec sits on the Laurentian Shield, a large rock formation that prevented natural grounding.

Source: Solar Flare Disaster
This counts as an incomplete pass, and is in most rulebooks a specific exception to the intentional grounding rule (as long as the ball is handed to the quarterback by the center, rather than snapped long in a shotgun formation or similar, and as long as the quarterback does so immediately).

Source: Useful Notes / American Football

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