Formation and Means

Formation

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

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

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

Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.

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Formation and means are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Means".

Nearby Words: mean, meaning

preferred	preferred formation	preferred means
good	good formation	good means
special	special formation	special means
best	best formation	best means
Other adjectives: similar, common, natural, perfect, certain, standard, effective, actual, illegal, new, conventional, military, alternate, different.

And their last name means "midsummer", which is actually pointed out by Akari at the formation of the Midsummer's Knights.

Source: Anime / Captain Earth
On the other hand, this means that the Cardani can't be flanked, since that requires a unit to be in formation.

Source: Video Game / Ravenmark aka: Ravenmark Scourge Of Estellion
Not only does dry sand of the type Indy and Marion get caught in exist, it's depicted relatively accurately; the different formation between quicksand and dry sand means that they follow different principles.

Source: Film / Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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