Formula
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
(2) (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"
(3) A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
(4) A conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
(5) Directions for making something
(6) A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
(7) A liquid food for infants
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Etymology
< , diminutive of ; see form.
Noun
formula (plural formulae in scientific use, formulas in informal use)
- Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
- is the formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation y = ax2 + bx + c.
- A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- H2O is the formula for water (Dihydrogen monoxide)
- A plan of action intended to solve a problem.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
- The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed.
- A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.