01 a. Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars.
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Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars.(Astron.) [R.]
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Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n.(Biol.) See: Ferment
Phrases & compounds
Formed material —
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.