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▪ I. forming, vbl. n.|ˈfɔːmɪŋ|
[f. form v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the vb. form; the fact or process of being formed.
1401[see former n.1 2]. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. iv, Syth that man in hys fyrste fourmynge of God was sette in his free wyll. 1530Palsgr. Introd. 17 At theyr fyrst formyng [they] open theyr mowth. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxviii. 165 The forming of mens wils to the observation of the Law. a1856H. Miller Notes on Fossils in Footpr. Creat. (1861) 326 Our knowledge is but in the forming, and still very incomplete.
b. spec. in Electr. = formation 1 b.
1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 26/2 Faure..greatly shortened the time required for ‘forming’ by giving the plates a preliminary coating of red lead. 1926Physical Rev. 2nd Ser. XXVII. 813 No forming is necessary so the rectifier is immediately operative when the alternating voltage is applied. 1956L. P. Hunter Handbk. Semiconductor Electronics iv. 17 The transistor before forming shows a collector resistance of the order of 105 ohms... After forming, the collector resistance is usually about 2 × 104 ohms. 1962Simpson & Richards Junction Transistors viii. 181 The other is reverse-biased and forms the collector. It is given a special heat treatment called ‘forming’ which consists of passing a large current through it in the reverse direction for a short time.
▪ II. forming, ppl. a.|ˈfɔːmɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
a. That forms; formative, creative.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies (1645) i. 289 A forming virtue or Vis formatrix. 1701Rowe Amb. Step. Moth. i. i, The thought that labours in my forming Brain. 1711Steele Spect. No. 167 ⁋3 What august Palaces..have grown under my forming Imagination. 1739G. Ogle Gualth. & Gris. 37 She still improv'd beneath their forming hands.
b. That is in process of being formed.
1805Rec. Greenhead United Presbyt. Ch. Glasgow, To be taken under their consideration as a forming congregation. 1875Whitney Life Lang. v. 96 The construction was in a forming and doubtful state.
c. That forms or brings about formation (see form v. 1 g).
1914H. Pender Amer. Handbk. Electr. Engineers 105 After the forming charge the plates are dried and are ready for the market. 1962L. P. Hunter Handbk. Semiconductor Electronics (ed. 2) iv. 42 The forming pulse..heats the germanium in the neighborhood of the collector point to a relatively high temperature. 1964[see formation 1 b]. |