formate
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
formate (plural formates)
- (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of formic acid.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
salt or ester of formic acid
Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from formation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
formate (third-person singular simple present formates, present participle formating, simple past and past participle formated)
- (aeronautics) To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation.
- 1949, The Aeroplane, volume 76, page 699:
- Tiger Moths from the Reserve Flying Schools at Rochester and Cambridge competed with each other at formating in the gusty conditions, Rochester just winning.
- 2002 July, Richard L. Collins, “Piper Seneca V: a classic light twin..”, in Flying, page 68:
- Formating with Patty Wagstaff' s modified Baron, flown by Dale Snodgrass, was fun on a beautiful morning, though all you learn about an airplane while formating is the power response (very smooth) and the response to control pressures.
- 2003, Murray Peden, A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two, page 74:
- Actually, the leader of the formation was supposed to maintain the eagle-eyed vigil necessary to ensure that his formation kept out of harm's way, because the pilots formating on him had to keep all their attention riveted on his aircraft; but the Air Force recognized that with inexperienced pilots leading formations it was wise to splash extra lookouts around liberally.
Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Adverb[edit]
formate
- present adverbial passive participle of formi
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
formate
- inflection of formater:
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
formate f
Participle[edit]
formate f pl
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
formate
- inflection of formare:
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
fōrmāte
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
formate
- inflection of formatar:
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
formate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of formar combined with te
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