plural of formator

(rare, art) To trim or add to a picture in order to make it fit into a standard frame size. / (rare, geology) To prepare a specimen so that it fits a standard size and shape.

present participle of formatize

simple past tense and past participle of formatize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formatize

(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.

Alternative spelling of back-formation.

plural of back-formation

Part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli

plural of back formation