Formula
['fɔːmjʊlə] or ['fɔrmjələ]
Definition
(noun.) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.
(noun.) a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle.
(noun.) a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements.
(noun.) a liquid food for infants.
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Definition
(n.) A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.
(n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.
(n.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.
(n.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.
(n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Form, rule, model, formulary.
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Examples
- I hesitated; of the formula of confession I was ignorant: instead of commencing, then, with the prelude usual, I said:--Mon père, je suis Protestante. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A group of symbols, such as this, expressing a molecule of a compound is called a _formula_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- NaCl is the formula for sodium chloride, which is the chemical name of common salt. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is then no simple formula which answers our question. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No formula can express an ultimate experience; no axiom can ever be a substitute for what really makes life worth living. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In Germany each maker of patents must furnish the Government with the formula for the patent he makes. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This I, this old formula of the age, was a dead letter. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now that a reliable formula is at hand a quantity of this Wonder Liniment can be prepared at a minimum cost without paying for bottles, labels, advertising, salaries, rents, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- An original creative impulse of the mind expresses itself in a certain formula; posterity mistakes the formula for the impulse. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The formula it is desired to evaluate would be communicated to the engine by two sets of perforated cards similar to those used in the Jacquard loom. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His work and tests regarding magnetism were repeated later on by Hopkinson and Kapp, who then elucidated the whole theory mathematically by means of formulae and constants. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Knowing the definitions, rules, formulae, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Hence the failure of attempts to apply arithmetical or algebraic formulae to logic. Plato. The Republic.
- In the treatment of chilblains we give a detailed list of formulas from the works and practice of a number of the most eminent physicians and surgeons. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Nomenclatures, formulas, apparatuses and processes have all changed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In this collection we give approved and tested formulas for everything in the ink line. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- We here present formulas equal to the best, and as they are quite simple to prepare they can now be tried with but little expense: =Liver Pad. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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