Formation and Matter

Formation

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

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

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

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Formation and matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

good	good formation	good matter
similar	similar formation	similar matter
heavy	heavy formation	heavy matter
actual	actual formation	actual matter
Other adjectives: entire, new, conventional, strange, different.

They're deployed in a spherical formation in the area where the Star Destroyer will exit hyperspace, so no matter which way the warship turns, it will run into them.

Source: Literature / Lords of the Sith
Their durability is also legendary: they had to move in a close formation, and they were the slowest unit on the battlefield, so they were specifically trained to march forward no matter the casualties.

Source: Mighty Glacier
For example, one theory on the formation of our solar system, "Tidal Theory" - 1917, was that a passing star came close to our sun, drawing a filament of solar matter out of it which coalesced into the planets.

Source: Useful Notes / The Solar System

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