An organization formed by merging many groups or a union of political organizations. Having many provinces or areas join but have management of themselves
Russia is a federation

A federation would be like America, if all of the states governed themselves
by Alex14 July 4, 2006
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1. Having to do with federal law enforcement.

2. A feeling that something just isn't right, like a set-up
1. "That vehicle is federated".

2. "Something federated is going on here, I just feel it".
by Gkelly September 3, 2005
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Being noticeable baked

This is used because the feds seem to be up "high" in power

A good thing to say if you are in an area where you wouldnt like to give away much he information

This is used best in school
Ex: "Hey Greg's you're looking pretty federated today"

"oh fuck really?"
by Jiminy 🅱️ripket March 29, 2017
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A term often used alongside other irrelevant buzzwords by non-technical product managers when describing the ideal approach to building an overly-complex solution to a straightforward problem.
Business: we would like to automate sending emails to clients when an operator finishes a task. Can that be done by Q4?
PM: Sure. *looks to software manager* We need to leverage AI to build a federated architecture for storing our large language models in a data lake with blockchain.
SDE: can you share the requirements and business value?
PM: hey guys I gotta run, meeting with the big guns. Let me know when this baby will launch!!!
by ItsameeDoucheKebab August 16, 2023
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A federation (also known as a federal republic or state) is a political organization made up of largely self-governing provinces, states, or other territories that are governed by a central federal authority (federalism).
Dude, you can't do that, this is illegal in this state. Remember the US is a federation, laws apply differently in other states.
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(adj.) very, very cool.
'Did you like the new Beastie Boys album?'
'Yeah, man, it's federal.'
by Her Radicalness August 20, 2005
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federalism is a piece of shit. Its a bad form of government that involves a bunch of rich people going out, getting stones, fucking, and diciding whats best for the country, while the other 99 percent of the population starves in the streets and are forced to eat babies.
everyone hates federalism except people from Canada
by Nick Nicholson April 21, 2005
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