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What's The Definition Of Formula?
[n] 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"
[n] (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" [n] a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement [n] a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle [n] directions for making something [n] a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements [n] a liquid food for infants Synonyms | Synonyms for Formula: chemical formula | convention | expression | normal | pattern | recipe | rule Related Terms | Find terms related to Formula: a priori truth | act | addend | antilogarithm | argument | axiom | base | bill | binomial | blueprint | brocard | bylaw | canon | ceremonial | ceremony | characteristic | code | coefficient | combination | commandment | complement | congruence | constant | convention | cosine | cotangent | criterion | cube | decimal | decree | denominator | derivative | determinant | dictate | dictation | dictum | difference | differential | directions | discriminate | dividend | divisor | duty | e | edict | enactment | equation | exponent | exponential | factor | form | form of worship | formality | formulary | function | general principle | golden rule | guideline | guiding principle | holy rite | i | imperative | increment | index | institution | instructions | integral | jus | law | law of nature | legislation | lex | liturgy | matrix | maxim | means | measure | method | minuend | mitzvah | MO | mode of worship | modus operandi | moral | multiple | multiplier | mystery | norm | norma | numerator | observance | office | order of nature | order of worship | ordinance | ordonnance | parameter | pattern | permutation | pi | polynomial | postulate | power | practice | prescribed form | prescript | prescription | principium | principle | procedure | Procrustean law | proposition | quaternion | quotient | radical | radix | receipt | recipe | reciprocal | regulation | remainder | rite | ritual | ritual observance | rituality | root | rubric | rule | ruling | sacrament | sacramental | secant | self-evident truth | service | set form | settled principle | sine | solemnity | standard | standing order | statute | submultiple | subtrahend | tangent | technique | tenet | tensor | theorem | truism | truth | universal law | universal truth | variable | vector | versine | way | working principle | working rule See Also | algorithm | algorithmic program | algorithmic rule | chemical notation | code of behavior | code of conduct | direction | empirical formula | exponential expression | heuristic | heuristic program | heuristic rule | instruction | mathematical statement | metarule | milk | molecular formula | mores | practice | primitive | procedure | process | recursion | sentential function | statement Formula In Webster's Dictionary \For"mu*la\, n.; pl. E. {Formulas}, L. {Formul[ae]}.
[L., dim. of forma form, model. See{Form}, n.]
1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or
conventional method in which anything is to be done,
arranged, or said.
2. (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement
of foctrines.
3. (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic
language; as, the binominal formula.
4. (Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a
medicinal compound.
5. (Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters,
figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a
compound.
Note: Chemical formul[ae] consist of the abbreviations of the
names of the elements, with a small figure at the lower
right hand, to denote the number of atoms of each
element contained.
{Empirical formula} (Chem.), an expression which gives the
simple proportion of the constituents; as, the empirical
formula of acetic acid is {C2H4O2}.
{Graphic formula}, {Rational formula} (Chem.), an expression
of the constitution, and in a limited sense of the
structure, of a compound, by the grouping of its atoms or
radicals; as, a rational formula of acetic acid is
{CH3.(C:O).OH}; -- called also {structural formula},
{constitutional formula}, etc. See also the formula of
{Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}.
{Molecular formula} (Chem.), a formula indicating the
supposed molecular constitution of a compound.
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