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Definition of Formula
- something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes'' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- directions for making something
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- a liquid food for infants
Hyponyms: mores, code of conduct, code of behavior, metarule, algorithm, algorithmic rule, algorithmic program, heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program, recursion, sentential function, primitive, exponential expression, molecular formula, empirical formula
Derivational Morphology: formularize, formularise, formulate, invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, forge
| Language Translations: | |||
| Bosnian: formula | Dutch: formule | ||
| Finnish: kaava | French: formule | ||
| German: Formel | Greek: τύπος | ||
| Italian: formula | Latvian: formula | ||
| Portuguese: fórmula | Russian: формула | ||
| Spanish: fórmula | Swedish: formel | ||
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