Formation and Type

Formation

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

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

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

Type noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Formation and type are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Type".

Nearby Words: typical, typed

good	good formation	good type
special	special formation	special type
best	best formation	best type
similar	similar formation	similar type
Other adjectives: typical, common, specific, certain, standard, original, single, actual, entire, bad, capable, new, classic, strange, basic, last, different.

But with Stauch leaving the band and being replaced by Frederick Ehmke in 2005, the band has already 7 years with the new formation, so it's close to being also a type 2.

Source: Long Runner Line Up
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
The band can also be considered a Type 1, if 1997 is to be considered as their date of formation.

Source: Long Runner Line Up

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