(semiotics) A symbol that indicates a relationship between designators. / (Christianity) A person who trains novices or seminarians.

(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

A standard format for citing information from any source.

(computing) A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as .5175E+02 (meaning .5175 × 10²)

(photography) A photographic format of 4 × 5 inches (102 × 127 mm) or larger. / (wine) A bottle size larger than the standard 750 mL. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see large, format.

(photography) A photographic format in between full-frame or 35mm (36 × 24 mm) and large format (127 × 102 mm).

(computing) A standard structure according to which data is encoded in a file.