formate

See also: Formate and formaté

English

Etymology 1

formic +‎ -ate

Noun

formate (plural formates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of formic acid.

Translations

salt or ester of formic acid

• Czech: mravenčan m
• Finnish: formiaatti (fi)
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• Japanese: 蟻酸塩 (ぎさんえん, gisan'en)
• Polish: mrówczan m

Etymology 2

Back-formation from formation.

Verb

1. (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

• E-format, Frometa

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Esperanto

Adverb

formate

1. present adverbial passive participle of formi

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: formatent, formates

Verb

formate

1. first-person singular present indicative of formater
2. third-person singular present indicative of formater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of formater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of formater
5. second-person singular imperative of formater

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Italian

Adjective

formate f

1. feminine plural of formato

Verb

formate

1. second-person plural present indicative of formare
2. second-person plural imperative of formare

Participle

formate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of formare

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fōrmāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fōrmō

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Portuguese

Verb

formate

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