A diamond formation is a formation of four or more aircraft, soldiers on horseback, players in a team sport, etc. whereby the position of the individuals when viewed as a whole resembles a diamond, or kite, shape.
Famous quotes containing the words diamond and/or formation:
“I met Jack Kennedy in November, 1946.... We went out on a double date and it turned out to be a fair evening for me. I seduced a girl who would have been bored by a diamond as big as the Ritz.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful—the formation of fixed habits of work.”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)