The phrase "a small formation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a compact group or arrangement of objects, people, or elements in various contexts, such as military, scientific, or artistic descriptions.
Example: "The birds flew in a small formation, creating a beautiful pattern against the sunset."
Alternatives: "a minor group" or "a compact arrangement".
Assuming very little change of the oxygen vacancy concentration with temperature (with a very small formation enthalpy) below 500 °C not only in bulk samples but also in thin films, our relatively low activation energy should then reflect almost solely the temperature dependence of the oxygen vacancy diffusion coefficient.
Named after a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called la Petite Roche (French: "the little rock"), the "little rock" was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing.
An operational plan suited for an attack on a small enemy formation was drafted by Ziegler, who was an adviser to Dam and the command staff of the 7th Infantry Division.
Most recent historians conclude that Harold's forces deployed in a small, dense formation around the top of Caldbec Hill, with their flanks protected by woods and a stream and marshy ground in front of them.
In several cases, a small ice formation event was visible in one of the final three frames recorded.
We show that PC-1 interacts with the SH3 domain of Nephrocystin-1 (NPHP1), the product of the NPHP1 gene mutated in nephronophthisis, an autosomal recessive disease characterized by a small cyst formation at the corticomedullary junction of the kidney [8], [9] [10].
It also showed a small nodular formation, of about 3mm in size, of dubious diagnostic ascription, in the posterior basal segment of the right lower lobe of the lung.
The synthesis of the Co-, Ni-, and Cr-doped anatase TiO2 system with a higher doping level would be relatively easy in the experiment because a much smaller formation energy is required.
Several of these genes, including UGO1 and ATP15, have before been associated with the petite-phenotype, a small-colony formation phenotype, which can be intensified by cultivation on non-fermentative growth media.
"What I'm not interested in is putting immaculately proportioned small formations in big venues or unsympathetic venues," he said.
