n. An affix. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Linguistics)
a. [ L. conformatus, p. p. See Conform. ] Having the same form. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation. ]
The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ]
A structure and conformation of the earth. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., a framer. ] An apparatus for taking the conformation of anything, as of the head for fitting a hat, or, in craniometry, finding the largest horizontal area of the head. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L. deformatio: cf. F. déformation. ]
adj.
n. The act of giving shape or form. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. or G. Cf. Formation. ]
The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work. G. H. Putnam. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
One might, indeed, protest that the format is a little too luxurious. Nature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. to set into a specific format; -- of printed matter or data recorded on a data storage medium.
n. [ See Formic. ] (Chem.) A salt of formic acid.
n. [ L. formatio: cf. F. formation. ]
a. [ Cf. F. formatif. ]
The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Gram.)
n. [ F., fr. L. informatio representation, conception. See Inform, v. t. ]
The active informations of the intellect. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Larger opportunities of information. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]
He should get some information in the subject he intends to handle. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. information{ 4 }. [ PJC ]
n. The processing of information, especially by computers, including the organization, distribution, and frequently the analysis of data and the presentation of results in easily understood form. [ PJC ]
n. (Math., Telecommunications) The science which studies the capacity of systems to contain, store, and transmit information{ 2 and 4 }, and the factors such as noise and channel capacity that may affect the rate or accuracy of information transmission and reception. [ PJC ]
a. Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of, or conveying, information; instructive. [ R. ] London Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Mal- + conformation. ] Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Malconformation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Malformation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Mal- + formation. ] Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure; -- often used of body parts such as limbs which do not develop properly during fetal maturation. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n. Malformation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Untrue or incorrect information. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Biol.) An old theory of the preëxistence of germs. Cf. Emboîtement. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A formative letter at the beginning of a word. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. réformation, L. reformatio. ]
Satire lashes vice into reformation. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of forming anew; a second forming in order;
a. Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to produce reformation; reformative. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. transformatio: cf. transformation. ] The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ Cf. F. transformatif. ] Having power, or a tendency, to transform. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Want of reformation; state of being unreformed. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. vas a vessel + formative. ] (Physiol.) Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles;