formula

noun

A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.

(mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.

(chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.

A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.

(especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.

(chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.

(logic) 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.

(countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk. [A manufactured food simulating human breast milk, designed to be fed to babies and infants under twelve months of age.]

Roots

formaform- · Latin · shape, form

Synonyms for formula

recipen rulen equationn formularyn theoremn binomialadj matrixn

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