formula
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/
The English word “formula” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
- A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
- A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
- A formal statement of doctrine.
- 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.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”). See form.
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