Formation and Standard

Formation

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

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

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

Standard noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

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Formation and standard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Standard".

good	good formation	good standard
common	common formation	common standard
certain	certain formation	certain standard
original	original formation	original standard
Other adjectives: actual, strict, new, conventional, military, classic, strange, basic, different, historical.

The standard slingshot can be upgraded to the Scattershot, which fires 9 seeds in a matrix formation (which seems more than slightly implausible).

Source: Multishot
Standard Sci-Fi History: Set during the Interregnum following the fall of the Fourth Empire, the story witnesses the formation of the Fifth Imperium.

Source: Literature / Empire from the Ashes
Now that they are regarded as part of standard stellar formation, not only the solution but the problem he posited it to solve are invalidated by more recent science.

Source: Science Marches On

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