FORMATO. ORDINATO. FATTOSI
formed\formed\ (?), a.
1. (astron.) arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars. [r.]
2. (biol.) having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. see ferment, n.
formed material (biol.), a term employed by beale to denote the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly germinal or living matter.
formed adj
1. clearly defined; "i have no formed opinion about the chances of success"
[syn: defined, settled] 2. having or given a form or shape [ant: unformed]
3. formed in the mind
[syn: conceived] 4. having taken on a definite arrangement; "cheerleaders were formed into letters"; "we saw troops formed into columns"
5. fully developed as by discipline or training"a fully formed literary style"
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