Literary notes about formation (AI summary)
The term "formation" is employed with diverse meanings in literature, functioning as a bridge between the concrete and the abstract. In some texts, it describes a precise physical arrangement—as when Capablanca explains a chess formation [1] or military strategists detail infantry formations [2, 3, 4]—while in others it refers to processes of development and organization. For instance, sociological works discuss the formation of public opinion [5, 6] and domestic virtues [7], and historical accounts recount the formation of peoples and nations [8, 9]. Scientific and natural descriptions also make vivid use of the term, whether describing the formation of fresh ice [10], clouds [11], or even geological features [12]. Meanwhile, linguistic treatises explore word formation and the construction of language itself [13, 14]. Across these varied contexts, "formation" consistently conveys the idea of elements coming together to create a structured whole.
- Such a formation of Pawn occurs in the French Defence.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca - It is not so much the mode of formation as the proper combined use of the different arms which will insure victory.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - characteristics of infantry formation for, 297 .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - Lloyd's proposed fourth rank in infantry formation, 291 .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - What rôle do the schools and colleges play in the formation of public opinion?
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Finally, there is a third group of social thinkers who emphasize the significance of the formation of a world public opinion.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Sensible of my deficiencies, I have surrounded myself with moral influences expressly meant to promote the formation of the domestic virtues.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - In origin and formation, this people is a composite of many tribes.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis - The Babylonian, Assyrian, Median, and Persian monarchies must have poured out seas of blood in their formation, and in their destruction.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke - Numerous blackish patches spread on the surface, showing the formation of fresh ice.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne - In a word, the object of the whole rite is to represent the formation and ascension of clouds, the bringers of rain.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - The formation, when traced into South Wales and Ireland, assumes a greatly altered mineral aspect, but still retains its characteristic fossils.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton - Of importance in connection with word-formation is an element distinctly new—the explanation and classification of compound words.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed - WORD FORMATION.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed
