Category:Format

For`mat" (for`ma" or for`mät"), n. [F. or G. Cf. Formation.] (Print.)

Defn: The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form.

The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work. G. H. Putnam.

One might, indeed, protest that the format is a little too luxurious. Nature.