"formate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)meɪt/ Forms: formates [plural]
Etymology: From formic + -ate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|formic|ate}} formic + -ate Head templates: {{en-noun}} formate (plural formates)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of formic acid. Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Derived forms: calcium formate, methyl formate, potassium formate, sodium formate Translations (salt or ester of formic acid): mravenčan [masculine] (Czech), formiaatti (Finnish), 蟻酸塩 (gisan'en) (alt: ぎさんえん) (Japanese), mrówczan [masculine] (Polish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmeɪt/ Forms: formates [present, singular, third-person], formating [participle, present], formated [participle, past], formated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from formation. Head templates: {{en-verb}} formate (third-person singular simple present formates, present participle formating, simple past and past participle formated)
  1. (aeronautics) To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation. Categories (topical): Aeronautics
    Sense id: en-formate-en-verb-1KF6Ra8Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 6 13 16 4 0 2 29 3 24 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 13 16 2 0 1 31 2 25 2 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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