an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
"a defensive formation"
"a formation of planes" the act of fabricating something in a particular shape the act of forming or establishing something
"the constitution of a PTA group last year"
"it was the establishment of his reputation"
"he still remembers the organization of the club" (geology) the geological features of the earth a particular spatial arrangement natural process that causes something to form
"the formation of gas in the intestine"
"the formation of crystals"
"the formation of pseudopods" creation by mental activity
European Southern Observatory
An intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research, operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, Germany. http://www.eso.org/