формация

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Russian

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin formatio.

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Noun

форма́ция (formácijaf inan (genitive форма́ции, nominative plural форма́ции, genitive plural форма́ций)

  1. (politics, economics) formation, structure
    обще́ственно-экономи́ческая форма́ция
    obščéstvenno-ekonomíčeskaja formácija
    social and economic structure
  2. (geology) formation
    девонская (мелова́я, пе́рмская, третичная) форма́ция
    devonskaja (melovája, pérmskaja, tretičnaja) formácija
    Devonian (Cretaceous, Permian, Tertiary) formation

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