成せい形けい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

forming; shaping; fashioning

General term for giving shape to something, often used in manufacturing, crafts, and abstract contexts. Typically written 成形.

• プラスチックを成せい形けいして容よう器きを作つくる。

  We shape plastic to make containers.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの考かんがえを具ぐ体たい的てきな計けい画かくに成せい形けいした。

  He shaped his ideas into a concrete plan.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

molding; casting; compacting

Only when written 成型

Used when material is pressed or poured into a mold to create a specific shape. Typically written 成型.

• 金きん属ぞく粉ふん末まつを成せい型けいして部ぶ品ひんを作つくる。

  We compact metal powder to make parts.

• この工こう場じょうではプラスチックの成せい型けい加か工こうを行おこなっている。

  This factory performs plastic molding.

noun

adult form

Only when written 成形

Biology term for the mature stage of an organism, especially insects. Written only as 成形.

• 幼よう虫ちゅうがさなぎを経へて成せい形けいになる。

  The larva becomes an adult form after passing through the pupal stage.