The drawing up or arrangement of troops, or small-arm men, in certain orders prescribed as the basis of manœuvres in general. Also, the particulars of a ship's build.
·noun A substance formed or deposited. II. Formation ·noun The arrangement of a body of troops, as ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops ...