| formula | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. expression, formula | a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ sentential function | formal expression containing variables; becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants. |
| ~ primitive | a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived. |
| ~ mathematical statement | a statement of a mathematical relation. |
| ~ exponential expression | a mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power. |
| n. (communication) | 2. formula, recipe | directions for making something. |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| n. (communication) | 3. formula | a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle. |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| n. (communication) | 4. chemical formula, formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements. |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ chemical notation | a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry. |
| ~ molecular formula | a chemical formula based on analysis and molecular weight. |
| ~ empirical formula | a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. convention, formula, normal, pattern, rule | 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" |
| ~ practice | knowledge of how something is usually done.; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" |
| ~ mores | (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group. |
| ~ code of behavior, code of conduct | a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group. |
| ~ universal | a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings.; "some form of religion seems to be a human universal" |
| n. (food) | 6. formula | a liquid food for infants. |
| ~ milk | any of several nutritive milklike liquids. |
| n. (cognition) | 7. formula, rule | (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" |
| ~ procedure, process | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result.; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error" |
| ~ metarule | a rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI). |
| ~ algorithm, algorithmic program, algorithmic rule | a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem. |
| ~ heuristic, heuristic program, heuristic rule | a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem. |
| ~ recursion | (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
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