Found 5 items, similar to Formula.
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Definition: formula
formula
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: formula
formula
n 1: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement [syn:
expression]
2: directions for making something [syn:
recipe]
3: a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental
principle
4: a representation of a substance using symbols for its
constituent elements [syn:
chemical formula]
5: 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”
[syn:
convention,
normal,
pattern,
rule]
6: a liquid food for infants
7: (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” [syn:
rule]
[also:
formulae (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Formula
Formula
\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.
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2. (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement
of foctrines.
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3. (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic
language; as, the binominal formula.
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4. (Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a
medicinal compound.
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5. (Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters,
figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a
compound.
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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.
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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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