Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Formation"

A: This is likely to be referring to background information~ it refers to details that a reader needs to know more about the topic he or she is about to read about (:

Hope I answered your question^^

A: formation means making any substance

A: Context is everything!
It is from the poem you are posting sections of: "a moonless night untethers its wild polka-dots, the formations we can name competing for attention, in a twinkling and crowded sky-bowl."
Here, "formations" means the constellations of the stars in the sky, forming the western zodiac signs amongst others.

A: Formation is another word for build up.

A: I chose a character that looked like a transformer because he was in the formation that I wanted

A: Those sentences have essentially the same meaning.

#1 sounds more typical, for the kind of context in which this kind of sentence is used.

In #1, "is involved in" is more indirect than "participates in". It makes a non-specific statement ("participates in") even less specific ("is involved in").

In #2, "helps" sounds less technical, and it sounds somewhat anthropomorphic. "participates in" also has a slightly anthropomorphic, active quality.

A: Foundation is like the building blocks of something. It keeps a building standing up. Formation is like the line of soldiers marching, the arrangement of something.

A: Not really, no.

It either refers to the act of forming something:

"The formation of the solar system took millions of years." = "It took millions of years for the solar system to form."

It also refers the shape of an object or of something made of individual elements.

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A: Training.

A: training
(uncountable)

A: Why did you decide to have the formation?

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Working in the field of development cooperation for more than three years in Africa has made me understand the importance of data-based projects.

Based on the community development project I implemented in a small village in Senegal,
[I found out that the ratio of ethnicities could be directly related to the participation in activities, and that the number of families who have their own farmland could show whether efforts are working.]
I don't understand what you're trying to say in this part can you explain a little bit?

When I served as Coordinator at Cameroon Office, I had wondered to myself several times about what could be an easier and more effective way to share security information with the volunteers. I believed that the possibility to get the essential security information from website automatically could help a lot in sharing necessary information on a daily or weekly basis.

These experiences and ideas I’ve had have led me to follow the formation for Big Data Analysis to improve decision-making and drive better results in international development.

A: Hmmm. I see what you're trying to say.

We always say a V formation. We also say birds flying in a V formation. We don't say geese, unless they're actually geese.

It's still the same...
People are arranging themselves in a V formation.

People are lining up in a V formation.

"V formation" directly refers to the V shape that birds fly in. We say, "Fighter planes fly in a V formation."

A: During college, I studied a lot of philosophers. That’s why I am very knowledgeable about them.
Or ... During my college studies

A: "five" "four" "one"

A: formation = combining elements to make a compound, like combining hydrogen and oxygen to make water

free energy of formation = how much energy is needed to combine elements into a a compound